Overman rearrangement

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The Overman rearrangement is a chemical reaction that can be described as a Claisen rearrangement of allylic alcohols to give allylic trichloroacetamides through an imidate intermediate.[1][2][3] The Overman rearrangement was discovered in 1974 by Larry Overman.[4]

The Overman rearrangement
The Overman rearrangement

The [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement is diastereoselective and requires heating or the use of Hg(II) or Pd(II) salts as catalysts.[5] The resulting allylamine structures can be transformed into many chemically and biologically important natural and un-natural amino acids (like (1-adamantyl)glycine).[6]

The Overman rearrangement may also be used for asymmetric synthesis.[7][8]

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