English Explanatory Dictionary

oxymercuration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An addition reaction in which the elements of water are added across an alkene's double bond to form an alcohol; the reaction proceeds via the addition of mercuric acetate, the mercuric group being removed by reduction

Word forms

oxymercuration oxymercurations

Etymology

From oxy- + mercury + -ation.

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