Schotten-Baumann reaction

noun

A method to synthesize amides from amines and acid chlorides.

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Meanings

nounSchotten-Baumann reaction (plural Schotten-Baumann reactions)

plural Schotten-Baumann reactions

  1. chemistryA method to synthesize amides from amines and acid chlorides.

Origin

First described in 1883 by German chemists Carl Schotten and Eugen Baumann.

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