Word.ws English Dictionary

Pinnick oxidation

Pinnick oxidation noun: a reaction by which aldehydes can be oxidized into their corresponding carboxylic acids using sodium chlorite under mild acidic conditions.

Noun

Pinnick oxidation (uncountable)

  1. A reaction by which aldehydes can be oxidized into their corresponding carboxylic acids using sodium chlorite under mild acidic conditions.

Origin of Pinnick oxidation

Named after H. W. Pinnick, who was involved in its development.

Questions about Pinnick oxidation

What does Pinnick oxidation mean?
Pinnick oxidation means a reaction by which aldehydes can be oxidized into their corresponding carboxylic acids using sodium chlorite under mild acidic conditions.
What part of speech is Pinnick oxidation?
Pinnick oxidation is a noun.

Words near Pinnick oxidation in the dictionary

  1. pinnet
  2. pinnets
  3. Pinney
  4. Pinneys
  5. Pinnick
  6. Pinnick oxidation
  7. Pinnicks
  8. pinnid
  9. pinnids
  10. pinnie
  11. pinnied

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Pinnick oxidation (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: “Pinnick oxidation.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pinnick_oxidation. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.