Demjanov rearrangement

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The Demjanov rearrangement (named after its discoverer Nikolai Demyanov) is the chemical reaction of primary amines with nitrous acid to give rearranged alcohols.[1][2][3] Both ring enlargement or contraction can occur.

The Demjanov rearrangement

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  1.   Demjanov, N. J.; Lushnikov, M. J. Russ. Phys. Chem. 1903, 35, 26.
  2.   Demjanov, N. J.; Lushnikov, M. Chem. Zentr. 1903, 1, 828.
  3.   Smith, P. A. S.; Baer, D. R. Org. React. 1960, 11, 157. (Review)

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