English Explanatory Dictionary

Bucherer reaction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The reversible conversion of a naphthol to a naphthylamine in the presence of ammonia and sodium bisulfite, widely used in the synthesis of aminonaphthalenesulfonic acids that are dye precursors.

Word forms

Bucherer reaction Bucherer reactions

Etymology

Named after the German chemist Hans Theodor Bucherer (1869–1949), who studied some properties of this reaction.

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