Bamberger rearrangement

The Bamberger rearrangement is the chemical reaction of phenylhydroxylamines with strong aqueous acid, which will rearrange to give 4-aminophenols.[1] It is named for the German chemist Eugen Bamberger (1857–1932).[2][3]

The Bamberger rearrangement
The Bamberger rearrangement

The starting phenylhydroxylamines are typically synthesized by the transfer hydrogenation of nitrobenzenes using rhodium[4] or zinc[5] catalysts.

One application is in the synthesis of fenhexamid [fr].

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  3. ^ Bamberger, E. (1894). "Ueber das Phenylhydroxylamin". Chemische Berichte. 27 (2): 1548–1557. doi:10.1002/cber.18940270276.
  4. ^ Oxley, P. W.; Adger, B. M.; Sasse, M. J.; Forth1, M. A. (1989). "N-Acetyl-N-Phenylhydroxylamine Via Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene Using Hydrazine and Rhodium on Carbon". Organic Syntheses. 67: 187. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.067.0187.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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