Hess Reaction

The Hess reaction was discovered in 1924 by German chemist Ernst Ludwig Heß and is one of the most important reactions in chemistry. The name comes from the name of the German chemist Ernst Schmidt, who first published a description of the reaction in 1896.

The Hess reaction occurs between amines and aldehydes or ketones. It produces oximes - products with a double bond between a nitrogen atom and an oxygen atom. These compounds are important in synthetic organic chemistry and are used in the production of drugs, dyes, polymers and other products.

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