反应底物可由相应胺和硫醚经烷基化得到。胺上的 R 基需为吸电子基。此反应的竞争反应有 Sommelet 反应和 Hofmann 消除反应。
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Stevens rearrangement 斯蒂文斯重排反应
The Stevens rearrangement in organic chemistry is an organic reaction converting quaternary ammonium salts and sulfonium salts to the corresponding amines or sulfides in presence of a strong base in a 1,2-rearrangement.
The reactants can be obtained by alkylation of the corresponding amines and sulfides. The substituent R next the amine methylene bridge is an electron-withdrawing group.