IsomerizationIn chemistry, isomerization or isomerisation is the process in which a molecule, polyatomic ion or molecular fragment is transformed into an isomer with a different chemical structure. Enolization is an example of isomerization, as is tautomerization. When the isomerization occurs intramolecularly it may be called a rearrangement reaction. When the activation energy for the isomerization reaction is sufficiently small, both isomers will exist in a temperature-dependent equilibrium with each other.
Procédé WackerLe procédé Wacker ou le procédé Hoechst-Wacker (nommé d'après les entreprises chimiques du même nom) est un procédé industriel de type chimique. Il se réfère à l'oxydation de l'éthylène en acétaldéhyde en présence de chlorure de palladium(II) comme catalyseur. Cette réaction chimique a été l'une des premières catalyses homogènes avec un organopalladium appliquée à une échelle industrielle. Le développement du procédé Wacker commence en 1956, à la société Wacker Chemie.
EnolateIn organic chemistry, enolates are organic anions derived from the deprotonation of carbonyl () compounds. Rarely isolated, they are widely used as reagents in the synthesis of organic compounds. Enolate anions are electronically related to allyl anions. The anionic charge is delocalized over the oxygen and the two carbon sites. Thus they have the character of both an alkoxide and a carbanion. Although they are often drawn as being simple salts, in fact they adopt complicated structures often featuring aggregates.
