Curtius rearrangement (English, noun)
expansion: Curtius rearrangement (plural Curtius rearrangements)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The thermal decomposition of an acyl azide to an isocyanate with loss of nitrogen gas. The isocyanate then undergoes attack by a variety of nucleophiles such as water, alcohols and amines, to yield a primary amine, carbamate or urea derivative respectively.
tags: physical
Forms:
form: Curtius rearrangements
tags: plural