This idea, first proposed by Julius Stieglitz in 1899, was further developed by Hans Meerwein in his 1922 study of the Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement.
Esta idea, proposta primeiramente por Julius Stieglitz en 1899, foi desenvolvida despois por Hans Meerwein no seu estudo de 1922 do rearranxo de Wagner–Meerwein.