Pfitzner-Moffatt oxidation

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Etymology

First reported by J. Moffatt and his student K. Pfitzner in 1963.

Noun

Pfitzner-Moffatt oxidation (countable and uncountable, plural Pfitzner-Moffatt oxidations)

  1. (chemistry) The oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols by dimethyl sulfoxide activated with a carbodiimide such as dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.

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