Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meerwein-ponndorf-verley reduction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meer-wein-pon-ndor-f-ver-ley re-duc-tion
IPA

51

Scrabble Score

31

Letters

9

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reduction of ketones and aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols, using aluminium alkoxide catalysis in the presence of a sacrificial alcohol.

Etymology

Discovered by Hans Meerwein and Rudolf Schmidt, and separately by A. Verley, in 1925. Ponndorf applied the reaction to ketones and upgraded the catalyst.

Inflected Forms

Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reductions (plural)

Synonyms

Meerwein-Ponndorf reaction

Questions

What does meerwein-ponndorf-verley reduction mean?: The reduction of ketones and aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols, using aluminium alkoxide catalysis in the presence of a sacrificial alcohol.
Where does meerwein-ponndorf-verley reduction come from?: Discovered by Hans Meerwein and Rudolf Schmidt, and separately by A. Verley, in 1925. Ponndorf applied the reaction to ketones and upgraded the catalyst.

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