reazione di Cannizzaro

Italian

Etymology

Named after Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), who discovered it.

Noun

reazione di Cannizzaro f (plural reazioni di Cannizzaro)

  1. (organic chemistry) Cannizzaro reaction (disproportionation of an aldehyde into an alcohol and a carboxylic acid)
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