migration

Also contains definition of: bond migration
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.M03920
  1. The (usually @I03130@) transfer of an atom or @G02705@ during the course of a @M03997@.
  2. The movement of a bond to a new position, within the same @M03986@ is known as 'bond migration'. Allylic rearrangements, e.g.
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    exemplify both types of migration.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1141 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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