Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gould-jacobs reaction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: gould--ja-cob-s re-ac-tion
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

7

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organic synthesis for the preparation of quinolines.

Etymology

Named after R. Gordon Gould and Walter Abraham Jacobs, who described it in a 1939 paper.

Inflected Forms

Gould-Jacobs reactions (plural)

Questions

What does gould-jacobs reaction mean?: An organic synthesis for the preparation of quinolines.
Where does gould-jacobs reaction come from?: Named after R. Gordon Gould and Walter Abraham Jacobs, who described it in a 1939 paper.

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