Meanings
- chemistryA variant of Knoevenagel condensation in which one of the withdrawing groups on the nucleophile is a carboxylic acid, and the condensation product undergoes a subsequent decarboxylation step, the base being pyridine.
Synonyms: Doebner condensation
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA variant of Knoevenagel condensation in which one of the withdrawing groups on the nucleophile is a carboxylic acid, and the condensation product undergoes a subsequent decarboxylation step, the base being pyridine.
Origin
Named after O. Doebner, who published on the topic in 1902.
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