Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baeyer-villiger oxidation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: baey-er-vil-liger ox-i-da-tion
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organic reaction that forms an ester from a ketone or a lactone from a cyclic ketone, using peroxyacids or peroxides as the oxidant.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named after Adolf von Baeyer and Victor Villiger, who first reported the reaction in 1899.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Baeyer-Villiger oxidations (plural)

Questions

What does baeyer-villiger oxidation mean?: An organic reaction that forms an ester from a ketone or a lactone from a cyclic ketone, using peroxyacids or peroxides as the oxidant.
Where does baeyer-villiger oxidation come from?: Named after Adolf von Baeyer and Victor Villiger, who first reported the reaction in 1899.

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