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diels-alder reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
diel-s-alder re-ac-tion
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The cycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene to form a cyclohexene ring.

Etymology

First described in 1928 by Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder.

Inflected Forms

Diels-Alder reactions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dienophile

Questions

What does diels-alder reaction mean?
The cycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene to form a cyclohexene ring.
Where does diels-alder reaction come from?
First described in 1928 by Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder.

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