English Explanatory Dictionary

Cannizzaro reaction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The disproportionation of an aldehyde into an alcohol and a carboxylic acid.

Word forms

Cannizzaro reaction Cannizzaro reactions

Etymology

Named after Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), who discovered it.

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