Stieglitz Rearrangement

J. Stieglitz, P. N. Leech, Ber. 46, 2147 (1913); J. Am. Chem. Soc. 36, 272 (1914).

Rearrangement of trityl hydroxylamines to Schiff bases on treatment with phosphorus pentachloride:



Reviews: P. A. S. Smith in Molecular Rearrangements Part 1, P. de Mayo, Ed. (Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1963) p 479; Trans. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 31, 504 (1969); N. Koga, J. P. Anselme, Tetrahedron Letters 1969, 4773; R. V. Hoffman, D. J. Poelker, J. Org. Chem. 44, 2364 (1979).