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Zincke-Suhl reaction

Zincke-Suhl reaction noun: a special case of Friedel-Crafts alkylation, in which the reduction of the phenyl ring leads to a higher energy final product that can be used as starting material in the dienol–benzene rearrangement, among other reactions.

Noun

Zincke-Suhl reaction (plural Zincke-Suhl reactions)

  1. A special case of Friedel-Crafts alkylation, in which the reduction of the phenyl ring leads to a higher energy final product that can be used as starting material in the dienol–benzene rearrangement, among other reactions.

Forms of Zincke-Suhl reaction

pluralZincke-Suhl reactions

Origin of Zincke-Suhl reaction

Named after Theodor Zincke and R. Suhl, who first described it in 1906.

Questions about Zincke-Suhl reaction

What does Zincke-Suhl reaction mean?
Zincke-Suhl reaction means a special case of Friedel-Crafts alkylation, in which the reduction of the phenyl ring leads to a higher energy final product that can be used as starting material in the dienol–benzene rearrangement, among other reactions.
What part of speech is Zincke-Suhl reaction?
Zincke-Suhl reaction is a noun.
What is the plural of Zincke-Suhl reaction?
The plural of Zincke-Suhl reaction is Zincke-Suhl reactions.

Words near Zincke-Suhl reaction in the dictionary

  1. Zincke aldehydes
  2. Zincke nitration
  3. Zincke nitrations
  4. Zincke reaction
  5. Zincke reactions
  6. Zincke-Suhl reaction
  7. zincked
  8. zinckenite
  9. zinckes
  10. zinckiferous
  11. zincking

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