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weiss-cook reaction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
weis-s--cook re-ac-tion
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The synthesis of cis-bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3,7-dione employing an acetonedicarboxylic acid ester and a diacyl (1,2 ketone); it operates in the same way as the Knoevenagel condensation.

Etymology

Named after U. Weiss and his student J. M. Cook.

Inflected Forms

the Weiss-Cook reaction (canonical)

Questions

What does weiss-cook reaction mean?
The synthesis of cis-bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3,7-dione employing an acetonedicarboxylic acid ester and a diacyl (1,2 ketone); it operates in the same way as the Knoevenagel condensation.
Where does weiss-cook reaction come from?
Named after U. Weiss and his student J. M. Cook.

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