Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

darzens reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: darzen-s re-ac-tion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chemical reaction of a ketone or aldehyde with an α-haloester in the presence of base to form an α,β-epoxy ester.

Etymology

Discovered in 1904 by Auguste George Darzens.

Inflected Forms

Darzens reactions (plural)

Synonyms

Darzens condensation

Questions

What does darzens reaction mean?: The chemical reaction of a ketone or aldehyde with an α-haloester in the presence of base to form an α,β-epoxy ester.
Where does darzens reaction come from?: Discovered in 1904 by Auguste George Darzens.

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