oxymercuration

English

Etymology

oxy- +‎ mercury +‎ -ation

Noun

oxymercuration (countable and uncountable, plural oxymercurations)

  1. (organic chemistry) An addition reaction in which the elements of water are added across an alkene's double bond to form an alcohol; the reaction proceeds via the addition of mercuric acetate, the mercuric group being removed by reduction
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