Baeyer-Villiger oxidation

noun

An organic reaction that forms an ester from a ketone or a lactone from a cyclic ketone, using peroxyacids or peroxides as the oxidant.

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Meanings

nounBaeyer-Villiger oxidation (countable and uncountable, plural Baeyer-Villiger oxidations)

plural Baeyer-Villiger oxidations

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAn organic reaction that forms an ester from a ketone or a lactone from a cyclic ketone, using peroxyacids or peroxides as the oxidant.

Origin

Named after Adolf von Baeyer and Victor Villiger, who first reported the reaction in 1899.

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