Etymology

Wulff-Dötz reaction

Today it means: The chemical reaction of an aromatic or vinylic alkoxy pentacarbonyl chromium carbene complex with an alkyne and carbon monoxide to give a Cr(CO)₃-coordinated substituted phenol. Full definition →

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First discovered by the German chemist Karl Heinz Dötz (born 1943) and extensively developed by Dötz’s and the American chemist William Wulff’s (born 1949) groups at Michigan State University.

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