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Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement

Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement noun: any of a class of carbocation 1,2-rearrangement reactions in which a hydrogen, alkyl or aryl group migrates from one carbon to a neighbouring carbon.

Noun

Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement (plural Wagner-Meerwein rearrangements)

  1. Any of a class of carbocation 1,2-rearrangement reactions in which a hydrogen, alkyl or aryl group migrates from one carbon to a neighbouring carbon.

Forms of Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement

pluralWagner-Meerwein rearrangements

Origin of Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement

Named after the Russian chemist Georg Wagner (Yegor Yegorovich Vagner), and Hans Meerwein.

Questions about Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement

What does Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement mean?
Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement means any of a class of carbocation 1,2-rearrangement reactions in which a hydrogen, alkyl or aryl group migrates from one carbon to a neighbouring carbon.
What part of speech is Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement?
Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement is a noun.
What is the plural of Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement?
The plural of Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement is Wagner-Meerwein rearrangements.

Words near Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement in the dictionary

  1. wagmi
  2. wagmib
  3. Wagner
  4. Wagner tuba
  5. Wagner tubas
  6. Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement
  7. Wagner-Meerwein rearrangements
  8. Wagneresque
  9. Wagnerian
  10. Wagnerianism
  11. Wagnerianly

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