Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horner-wadsworth-emmons reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: horner-wadsworth-em-mon-s re-ac-tion
IPA

48

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical reaction used in organic chemistry of stabilized phosphonate carbanions with aldehydes (or ketones) to produce predominantly E-alkenes.

Etymology

In 1958, Leopold Horner published a modified Wittig reaction using phosphonate-stabilized carbanions. William S. Wadsworth and William D. Emmons further defined the reaction.

Inflected Forms

Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions (plural) HWE reaction (alternative)

Synonyms

Horner-Wittig reaction

Questions

What does horner-wadsworth-emmons reaction mean?: A chemical reaction used in organic chemistry of stabilized phosphonate carbanions with aldehydes (or ketones) to produce predominantly E-alkenes.
Where does horner-wadsworth-emmons reaction come from?: In 1958, Leopold Horner published a modified Wittig reaction using phosphonate-stabilized carbanions. William S. Wadsworth and William D. Emmons further defined the reaction.

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