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zincke-suhl reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zinck-e--suh-l re-ac-tion
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
7
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A special case of Friedel-Crafts alkylation, in which the reduction of the phenyl ring leads to a higher energy final product that can be used as starting material in the dienol–benzene rearrangement, among other reactions.

Etymology

Named after Theodor Zincke and R. Suhl, who first described it in 1906.

Inflected Forms

Zincke-Suhl reactions (plural)

Phrases

Zincke reaction

Frequently Paired Words

Zincke reaction

Questions

What does zincke-suhl reaction mean?
A special case of Friedel-Crafts alkylation, in which the reduction of the phenyl ring leads to a higher energy final product that can be used as starting material in the dienol–benzene rearrangement, among other reactions.
Where does zincke-suhl reaction come from?
Named after Theodor Zincke and R. Suhl, who first described it in 1906.

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