Carroll rearrangement

The Carroll rearrangement is a rearrangement reaction in organic chemistry and involves the transformation of a β-keto allyl ester into a α-allyl-β-ketocarboxylic acid.[1] This organic reaction is accompanied by decarboxylation and the final product is a γ,δ-allylketone. The Carroll rearrangement is an adaptation of the Claisen rearrangement and effectively a decarboxylative allylation.

  1. ^ Carroll, M. F. "131. Addition of α,β-unsaturated alcohols to the active methylene group. Part I. The action of ethyl acetoacetate on linalool and geraniol". Journal of the Chemical Society 1940, 704–706. doi:10.1039/JR9400000704