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Brook rearrangement
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Etymology
Named after the Canadian chemist Adrian Gibbs Brook (1924–2013).
Noun
en organic chemistry A rearrangement name reaction in which an organosilyl group switches position with a hydroxyl proton over a carbon-to-oxygen covalent bond under the influence of a base, yielding a silyl ether.
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