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sigmatropic shift
(redirected from Sigmatropic reaction)

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sigmatropic shift [¦sig·mə¦träp·ik ′shift]
(organic chemistry)
A rearrangement reaction that consists of the migration of a sigma bond (that is, the sigma electrons) and the group of atoms that are attached to it from one position in a chain or ring into a new position.


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