Wallach rearrangement

The Wallach rearrangement, also named Wallach transformation, is a name reaction in the organic chemistry. It is named after Otto Wallach, who discovered this reaction in 1880. In general it is a strong acid-promoted conversion of azoxybenzenes into hydroxyazobenzenes.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Otto Wallach and E. Belli, Chem. Ber., 13, 525 (1880) doi:10.1002/cber.188001301153
  2. ^ Zerong Wang (2009), Comprehensive Organic Name Reactions and Reagents (in German), New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 2942–2945, ISBN 978-0-471-70450-8
  3. ^ M. Windholz (1976), The Merck Index (in German), Rakway: Merck&Co., pp. ONR-92, ISBN 0-911910-26-3