Gould-Jacobs reaction

noun

An organic synthesis for the preparation of quinolines.

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nounGould-Jacobs reaction (plural Gould-Jacobs reactions)

plural Gould-Jacobs reactions

  1. chemistryAn organic synthesis for the preparation of quinolines.

Origin

Named after R. Gordon Gould and Walter Abraham Jacobs, who described it in a 1939 paper.

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