Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cannizzaro reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: can-niz-zaro re-ac-tion
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The disproportionation of an aldehyde into an alcohol and a carboxylic acid.

Etymology

Named after Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), who discovered it.

Inflected Forms

Cannizzaro reactions (plural)

Questions

What does cannizzaro reaction mean?: The disproportionation of an aldehyde into an alcohol and a carboxylic acid.
Where does cannizzaro reaction come from?: Named after Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), who discovered it.

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