Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mccormack reaction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: mc-cor-ma-ck- re-ac-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method for the synthesis of organophosphorus compounds by combining a 1,3-diene and a source of R₂P+ to give a phospholenium cation.

Etymology

Named after W. B. McCormack, a research chemist at duPont.

Inflected Forms

McCormack reactions (plural)

Questions

What does mccormack reaction mean?: A method for the synthesis of organophosphorus compounds by combining a 1,3-diene and a source of R₂P+ to give a phospholenium cation.
Where does mccormack reaction come from?: Named after W. B. McCormack, a research chemist at duPont.

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