Why is there a retention of configuration in Hofmann bromamide degradation/Hofmann rearrangement?
I would think that there should be an inversion of configuration due to the migration of alkyl group to the other side. Why is this not so?
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I would think that there should be an inversion of configuration due to the migration of alkyl group to the other side. Why is this not so?