Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

claisen rearrangement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: claisen re-ar-range-ment
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A powerful carbon–carbon bond-forming chemical reaction, in which the heating of an allyl vinyl ether initiates a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement to give a γ,δ-unsaturated carbonyl.

Etymology

Discovered by German chemist Rainer Ludwig Claisen.

Inflected Forms

Claisen rearrangements (plural)

Questions

What does claisen rearrangement mean?: A powerful carbon–carbon bond-forming chemical reaction, in which the heating of an allyl vinyl ether initiates a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement to give a γ,δ-unsaturated carbonyl.
Where does claisen rearrangement come from?: Discovered by German chemist Rainer Ludwig Claisen.

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