Meanings
nounBucherer reaction (plural Bucherer reactions)
plural Bucherer reactions
- chemistryThe reversible conversion of a naphthol to a naphthylamine in the presence of ammonia and sodium bisulfite, widely used in the synthesis of aminonaphthalenesulfonic acids that are dye precursors.
Origin
Named after the German chemist Hans Theodor Bucherer (1869–1949), who studied some properties of this reaction.
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