Gabriel synthesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chemical reaction that transforms primary alkyl halides into primary amines, traditionally by means of potassium phthalimide.

Word forms

Gabriel synthesis Gabriel syntheses

Etymology

Named after the German chemist Siegmund Gabriel.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.