Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wulff-dötz reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wulf-f--dotz re-ac-tion
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chemical reaction of an aromatic or vinylic alkoxy pentacarbonyl chromium carbene complex with an alkyne and carbon monoxide to give a Cr(CO)₃-coordinated substituted phenol.

Etymology

First discovered by the German chemist Karl Heinz Dötz (born 1943) and extensively developed by Dötz’s and the American chemist William Wulff’s (born 1949) groups at Michigan State University.

Inflected Forms

Wulff-Dötz reactions (plural)

Questions

What does wulff-dötz reaction mean?: The chemical reaction of an aromatic or vinylic alkoxy pentacarbonyl chromium carbene complex with an alkyne and carbon monoxide to give a Cr(CO)₃-coordinated substituted phenol.
Where does wulff-dötz reaction come from?: First discovered by the German chemist Karl Heinz Dötz (born 1943) and extensively developed by Dötz’s and the American chemist William Wulff’s (born 1949) groups at Michigan State University.

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