Chemical Sciences: A Manual for CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test for Lectureship and JRF/Named Reactions/Barton Reaction
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The Barton Reaction involves the photolysis of a nitrite to form a δ-nitroso alcohol. It is named for the British chemist Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton.[1] The mechanism is believed to involve a homolytic RO–NO cleavage, followed by δ-hydrogen abstraction and free radical recombination.[2]
![Barton reaction](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/BartonReaction.png)
A related reaction is the Hofmann-Löffor-Freytage reaction involving haloamines.