English Explanatory Dictionary

Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The reduction of ketones and aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols, using aluminium alkoxide catalysis in the presence of a sacrificial alcohol.

Word forms

Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reductions

Etymology

Discovered by Hans Meerwein and Rudolf Schmidt, and separately by A. Verley, in 1925. Ponndorf applied the reaction to ketones and upgraded the catalyst.

Synonyms

Meerwein-Ponndorf reaction
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