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Named after Derek Barton and Stuart W. McCombie.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An organic reaction in which a hydroxy functional group in an organic compound is replaced by a hydrogen to give an alkyl group. Full definition →
Named after Derek Barton and Stuart W. McCombie.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.