Meyer–Schuster rearrangement

Meyer–Schuster rearrangement
Named after Kurt Heinrich Meyer
Kurt Schuster
Reaction type Rearrangement reaction
Identifiers
RSC ontology ID RXNO:0000476

The Meyer–Schuster rearrangement is the chemical reaction described as an acid-catalyzed rearrangement of secondary and tertiary propargyl alcohols to α,β-unsaturated ketones if the alkyne group is internal and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes if the alkyne group is terminal.