The AstonâGreenburg rearrangement is a
name reaction in
organic chemistry. It allows for the generation of tertiary α-alkylesters from corresponding α-haloketones through a 1,2-rearrangement, with the use of an alkoxide.[1][2][3][4]
References
^Aston, J. G.; Greenburg, R. B. (1942). "alpha-Bromo Secondary Alkyl Ketones. I. Reaction with Sodium Alcoholates. A New Synthesis of Tertiary Acids by Rearrangement1,2". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 62 (10): 2590â2595.
doi:
10.1021/ja01867a003.