Favorskii rearrangement

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In organic chemistry, the Favorskii rearrangement is a reaction of α-halo ketones with a nucleophilic base to acyl derivatives. In the rearrangement, the substrate extrudes the carbonyl carbon to a primary position, which then acylates the base.

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