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Baeyer-Villiger oxidation

Baeyer-Villiger oxidation noun: an organic reaction that forms an ester from a ketone or a lactone from a cyclic ketone, using peroxyacids or peroxides as the oxidant.

Noun

Baeyer-Villiger oxidation (countable and uncountable, plural Baeyer-Villiger oxidations)

  1. An organic reaction that forms an ester from a ketone or a lactone from a cyclic ketone, using peroxyacids or peroxides as the oxidant.

Forms of Baeyer-Villiger oxidation

pluralBaeyer-Villiger oxidations

Origin of Baeyer-Villiger oxidation

Named after Adolf von Baeyer and Victor Villiger, who first reported the reaction in 1899.

Questions about Baeyer-Villiger oxidation

What does Baeyer-Villiger oxidation mean?
Baeyer-Villiger oxidation means an organic reaction that forms an ester from a ketone or a lactone from a cyclic ketone, using peroxyacids or peroxides as the oxidant.
What part of speech is Baeyer-Villiger oxidation?
Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is a noun.
What is the plural of Baeyer-Villiger oxidation?
The plural of Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is Baeyer-Villiger oxidations.

Words near Baeyer-Villiger oxidation in the dictionary

  1. baetylus
  2. Baeumler
  3. baeumlerite
  4. Baeumlers
  5. Baevskii
  6. Baeyer-Villiger oxidation
  7. Baeyer-Villiger oxidations
  8. Baez
  9. Baeza
  10. Baeza-Yates–Gonnet algorithm
  11. Baezas

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