The
intramolecular hydrogen
migration which can be observed in enzymatic and chemical hydroxylations of aromatic rings.
It is evidenced by appropriate
deuteriumlabelling, i.e.
In enzymatic reactions the
NIH shift is generally thought to derive from the
rearrangement of arene oxide intermediates, but other pathways have been suggested. (
NIH stands for U.S. National Institutes of Health where the shift was discovered.)
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1145
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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