Word.ws English Dictionary

Furukawa modification

Furukawa modification proper noun: a modification to the Simmons-Smith reaction, involving the replacement of the zinc-copper couple with dialkyl zinc.

Proper noun

the Furukawa modification

  1. A modification to the Simmons-Smith reaction, involving the replacement of the zinc-copper couple with dialkyl zinc.

Questions about Furukawa modification

What does Furukawa modification mean?
Furukawa modification means a modification to the Simmons-Smith reaction, involving the replacement of the zinc-copper couple with dialkyl zinc.
What part of speech is Furukawa modification?
Furukawa modification is a proper noun.

Words near Furukawa modification in the dictionary

  1. Furuichis
  2. Furuike
  3. Furuikes
  4. Furuis
  5. Furukawa
  6. Furukawa modification
  7. Furukawas
  8. Furuki
  9. Furukis
  10. Furuko
  11. Furukos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Furukawa modification (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Furukawa modification.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/furukawa_modification. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.