Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
1,2-Hydrogen shift
or
[1,2-H] shift:
Migration of a hydrogen atom to an adjacent atom in a single
mechanism
step.
This
rearrangement
of a
primary carbocation
into a
tertiary carbocation
occurs by a 1,2-H shift.
Related terms:
Proton shuttle
,
proton bus
,
1,2-shift
,
1,3-shift
,
1,3-H shift
,
1,5-H shift
,
sigmatropic reaction
,
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