Fischer-Hepp Rearrangement (Nitrosamine Rearrangement)

O. Fischer, E. Hepp, Ber. 19, 2991 (1886).

Rearrangement of secondary aromatic nitrosamines to p-nitrosoarylamines:



H. J. Shine, Aromatic Rearrangements (Elsevier, New York, 1967) p 231; D. L. H. Williams in Comprehensive Chemical Kinetics vol. 13 (1972) p 454; S. Johan et al., J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. II 1980, 165. Mechanism: D. L. H. Williams, ibid. 1982, 801. Applications: J. B. Kyziol, J. Heterocyclic Chem. 22, 1301 (1985); P. Kannan et al., J. Mol. Catal. 118, 189 (1997).