Fries Rearrangement (A-level)
Fries Rearrangement
Introduction
It is one of the rearrangement reaction that is commonly studied in university level.
Fries Rearrangement is an organic rearrangement reaction in which an aryl ester is transformed into a hydroxy aryl ketone with the help of a Lewis acid catalyst and an aqueous acid. In this reaction, an acyl group belonging to the phenolic ester migrates to the aryl ring.JPJC Prelim 2019 P3 have touch this topic.
