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fischer esterification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
fis-cher es-ter-i-fi-ca-tion
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The esterification of a carboxylic acid by heating it with an alcohol in the presence of a strong acid as the catalyst.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named for Emil Fischer, the chemist who first described this reaction.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Fischer esterifications (plural)

Questions

What does fischer esterification mean?
The esterification of a carboxylic acid by heating it with an alcohol in the presence of a strong acid as the catalyst.
Where does fischer esterification come from?
Named for Emil Fischer, the chemist who first described this reaction.

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