Ciamician–Dennstedt rearrangement

The Ciamician–Dennstedt rearrangement is a name reaction in organic chemistry. It was first published in 1881 by the Italian chemist Giacomo Luigi Ciamician and his German colleague Max Dennstedt. The reaction describes the conversion of pyrrole into halogenated pyridines.[1]

Mechanism

Using the example reaction of chloroform with pyrrole in potassium hydroxide, the mechanism is as follows:

Chloroform (1) reacts in alkaline solution (potassium hydroxide), splitting off water and potassium chloride, to form dichlorocarbene (2):

The dichlorocarbene (2) then reacts with pyrrole (3) and the other base (potassium hydroxide), splitting off water and potassium chloride, to 3-chloropyridine (4):


The Ciamician–Dennstedt rearrangement is not catalyzed.

References

  1. ^ G. L. Ciamician, M. Dennstedt (January 1881), "Ueber die Einwirkung des Chloroforms auf die Kaliumverbindung Pyrrols", Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1153–1163, doi:10.1002/cber.188101401240, ISSN 0365-9496
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