Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement

Mechanism of the Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement

Original publication	Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges.. 1922, 55, 819.
Reviews	Chem. Rev.. 1971, 71, 429. Org. Biomol. Chem.. 2009, 7, 4149. Russ. Chem. Rev.. 1967, 36, 670.

Sample reactions

MsOH

H2O, THF

40 °C, 20 h, 63%