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The diazo ketone 3, when treated with silver oxide as catalyst, decomposes into ketocarbene 5 and dinitrogen Na. This decomposition reaction can also be achieved by heating or by irradiation with uv-light. The ketocarbene undergoes a Wolff rearrangement to give a ketene 6 ... [Pg.17]

See other pages where Wolff rearrangements, diazo ketones, silver® oxide is mentioned: [Pg.1083] [Pg.18] [Pg.494] [Pg.887] [Pg.352] [Pg.357]