Word.ws English Dictionary

Paal-Knorr synthesis

Paal-Knorr synthesis noun: a reaction that generates either furans, pyrroles, or thiophenes from 1,4-diketones.

Noun

Paal-Knorr synthesis (usually uncountable, plural Paal-Knorr syntheses)

  1. (usually) A reaction that generates either furans, pyrroles, or thiophenes from 1,4-diketones.

Forms of Paal-Knorr synthesis

pluralPaal-Knorr syntheses

Origin of Paal-Knorr synthesis

It was reported independently in 1884 by German chemists Carl Paal and Ludwig Knorr.

Questions about Paal-Knorr synthesis

What does Paal-Knorr synthesis mean?
Paal-Knorr synthesis means a reaction that generates either furans, pyrroles, or thiophenes from 1,4-diketones.
What part of speech is Paal-Knorr synthesis?
Paal-Knorr synthesis is a noun.
What is the plural of Paal-Knorr synthesis?
The plural of Paal-Knorr synthesis is Paal-Knorr syntheses.

Words near Paal-Knorr synthesis in the dictionary

  1. PAAc
  2. Paakantji
  3. Paakantyi
  4. Paaknam
  5. Paal-Knorr syntheses
  6. Paal-Knorr synthesis
  7. Paaliaq
  8. Paama
  9. paamayim nekudotayim
  10. Paamese
  11. paan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Paal-Knorr synthesis (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: “Paal-Knorr synthesis.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/paal-knorr_synthesis. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.