English Explanatory Dictionary

Paal-Knorr synthesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A reaction that generates either furans, pyrroles, or thiophenes from 1,4-diketones.

Word forms

Paal-Knorr synthesis Paal-Knorr syntheses

Etymology

It was reported independently in 1884 by German chemists Carl Paal and Ludwig Knorr.

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