Umpolung
Chemical process intended to reverse the polarity of a molecular functional group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In organic chemistry, umpolung (German: [ˈʔʊmˌpoːlʊŋ]) or polarity inversion is the chemical modification of a functional group with the aim of the reversal of polarity of that group.[1][2] This modification allows secondary reactions of this functional group that would otherwise not be possible.[3] The concept was introduced by D. Seebach (hence the German word umpolung for reversed polarity) and E.J. Corey. Polarity analysis during retrosynthetic analysis tells a chemist when umpolung tactics are required to synthesize a target molecule.