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allylic rearrangement

noun

Definition of allylic rearrangement

: the migration of an ion or radical from one end of a 3-carbon allyl sequence to the other with concurrent shifting of the position of the double bond (as CH2=CHCHRX→XCH2CH=CHR)

First Known Use of allylic rearrangement

1935, in the meaning defined above

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