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alkoxymercuration

alkoxymercuration noun: a chemical reaction in which an alkene reacts with an alcohol in the presence of a mercury(II) salt to form an ether.

Noun

alkoxymercuration (uncountable)

  1. A chemical reaction in which an alkene reacts with an alcohol in the presence of a mercury(II) salt to form an ether.

Questions about alkoxymercuration

What does alkoxymercuration mean?
Alkoxymercuration means a chemical reaction in which an alkene reacts with an alcohol in the presence of a mercury(II) salt to form an ether.
What part of speech is alkoxymercuration?
Alkoxymercuration is a noun.

Words near alkoxymercuration in the dictionary

  1. alkoxylated
  2. alkoxylates
  3. alkoxylation
  4. alkoxylations
  5. alkoxyls
  6. alkoxymercuration
  7. alkoxymethyl
  8. alkoxymethylidene
  9. alkoxymethylidenes
  10. alkoxymethyls
  11. alkoxys

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