Talk:Wallach rearrangement

Mechanism can't be right
Two problems: It makes no sense to do the second protonation on the N -- an N lone pair is a better donor than an +N-H bond. Protonating on the nitrogen does not help the leaving group leave. Also, the molecule cannot eliminate OH- into strongly acidic medium. I'll fix this when I have the time. Alsosaid1987 (talk) 02:26, 15 November 2018 (UTC)