Meanings
nounPaal-Knorr synthesis (usually uncountable, plural Paal-Knorr syntheses)
plural Paal-Knorr syntheses
- uncountableusuallychemistryA reaction that generates either furans, pyrroles, or thiophenes from 1,4-diketones.
Origin
It was reported independently in 1884 by German chemists Carl Paal and Ludwig Knorr.
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