https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01559
A @M03997@ in which the principal product is indistinguishable (in the absence of @I03345@) from the principal reactant. The term includes both 'degenerate @I03130@ rearrangements' and reactions that involve @I03098@ transfer of atoms or groups ('degenerate @I03098@ rearrangements'): both are degenerate @I03295@. The occurrence of degenerate rearrangements may be detectable by @I03345@ or by dynamic NMR techniques. For example: the [3,3]@S05660@ of hexa-1,5-diene (Cope @R05194@):
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Synonymous but less preferable terms are '@A00528@', 'permutational @I03294@', 'isodynamic @T06446@', '@T06396@'.See also:
fluxional
, molecular rearrangement
, valence isomer