GATTERMANN REACTION


Meaning of GATTERMANN REACTION in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized G

Etymology: after L. Gattermann

: a synthesis of an aldehyde from an aromatic or heterocyclic compound, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen chloride, and a catalyst of aluminum chloride or zinc chloride

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