Examples
- intramolecular hydride transfer (transfer of a hydride ion from one part to another within the same molecule)
- intramolecular hydrogen bond (a hydrogen bond formed between two functional groups of the same molecule)
In intramolecular organic reactions, two reaction sites are contained within a single molecule. This creates a very high effective concentration (resulting in high reaction rates), and, therefore, many intramolecular reactions that would not occur as an intermolecular reaction between two compounds take place.
Examples of intramolecular reactions are the Smiles rearrangement, the Dieckmann condensation and the Madelung synthesis.
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