Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reimer-tiemann reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: reimer-tie-man-n re-ac-tion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical reaction used for the ortho-formylation of phenols, the simplest example being the conversion of phenol to salicylaldehyde.

Etymology

Discovered by Karl Reimer (1845-1883) and Ferdinand Tiemann.

Inflected Forms

Reimer-Tiemann reactions (plural)

Questions

What does reimer-tiemann reaction mean?: A chemical reaction used for the ortho-formylation of phenols, the simplest example being the conversion of phenol to salicylaldehyde.
Where does reimer-tiemann reaction come from?: Discovered by Karl Reimer (1845-1883) and Ferdinand Tiemann.

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