Meanings
nounDiels-Alder reaction (plural Diels-Alder reactions)
plural Diels-Alder reactions
- chemistryThe cycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene to form a cyclohexene ring.
Origin
First described in 1928 by Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 狄爾斯-阿爾德反應 /狄尔斯-阿尔德反应
- 狄爾斯-阿爾德反應 /狄尔斯-阿尔德反应 (Dí'ěrsī-Ā'ěrdé fǎnyìng)cycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene
German Diels-Alder-Reaktion
- Diels-Alder-Reaktioncycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene
Hungarian Diels–Alder-reakció
- Diels–Alder-reakciócycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene
Vietnamese phản ứng Diels-Alder
- phản ứng Diels-Aldercycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene
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