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Diazomethane is an
organic chemical compound with the
formula CH2N2,
discovered by
German chemist Hans von
Pechmann in 1894. It is the
simplest diazo compound...
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diethyl ether).
Dimethyl sulfate is
intermediate in electrophilicity.
Diazomethane is a po****r
methylating agent in the laboratory, but it is too hazardous...
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methylating agent for
carboxylic acids. It is a
safer replacement for
diazomethane,
which is a
sensitive explosive gas,
whereas trimethylsilyldiazomethane...
- process. Alternatively,
diazomethane can be used to
convert an acid to an ester.
While esterification reactions with
diazomethane often give quantitative...
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powerful (and more dangerous)
methylating reagents include methyl triflate,
diazomethane, and
methyl fluorosulfonate (magic methyl).
These reagents all react...
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structural formula R2C=N+=N−. The
simplest example of a
diazo compound is
diazomethane, CH2N2.
Diazo compounds (R2C=N2)
should not be
confused with azo compounds...
- von Pechmann, who
prepared it by
accident in 1898
while investigating diazomethane. When his
colleagues Eugen Bamberger and
Friedrich Tschirner characterized...
- data, such as
dipole moment measurements or com****tions. For example,
diazomethane bears the
largest negative character at the
terminal nitrogen atom, while...
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Reactions involving diazomethanes with
alkyl or aryl
substituents are
exothermic at or
below room temperature.
Reactions involving diazomethanes with acyl or...
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Migratory aptitudes of
functional groups dictate rearrangement products.
Diazomethane also
produces ring enlargement, and its
reaction is
mechanistically similar...
