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doebner modification

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
doeb-n-er -mod-i-fi-ca-tion
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
8
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A variant of Knoevenagel condensation in which one of the withdrawing groups on the nucleophile is a carboxylic acid, and the condensation product undergoes a subsequent decarboxylation step, the base being pyridine.

Etymology

Named after O. Doebner, who published on the topic in 1902.

Inflected Forms

the Doebner modification (canonical)

Synonyms

Doebner condensation

Questions

What does doebner modification mean?
A variant of Knoevenagel condensation in which one of the withdrawing groups on the nucleophile is a carboxylic acid, and the condensation product undergoes a subsequent decarboxylation step, the base being pyridine.
Where does doebner modification come from?
Named after O. Doebner, who published on the topic in 1902.

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