Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kolbe-schmitt reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: kol-be-schmit-t re-ac-tion
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A carboxylation chemical reaction that involves treating phenol with sodium hydroxide to form sodium phenoxide, then heating sodium phenoxide with carbon dioxide under pressure, then treating the product with sulfuric acid. The final product is salicylic acid.

Etymology

Named after Hermann Kolbe and Rudolf Schmitt.

Inflected Forms

Kolbe-Schmitt reactions (plural)

Synonyms

Kolbe process

Questions

What does kolbe-schmitt reaction mean?: A carboxylation chemical reaction that involves treating phenol with sodium hydroxide to form sodium phenoxide, then heating sodium phenoxide with carbon dioxide under pressure, then treating the product with sulfuric acid. The final product is salicylic acid.
Where does kolbe-schmitt reaction come from?: Named after Hermann Kolbe and Rudolf Schmitt.

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