Etymology

Zincke-Suhl reaction

Today it means: A special case of Friedel-Crafts alkylation, in which the reduction of the phenyl ring leads to a higher energy final product that can be used as starting material in the dienol–benzene rearrangement, among other reactions. Full definition →

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Named after Theodor Zincke and R. Suhl, who first described it in 1906.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.