Wulff-Dötz reaction

noun

The chemical reaction of an aromatic or vinylic alkoxy pentacarbonyl chromium carbene complex with an alkyne and carbon monoxide to give a Cr(CO)₃-coordinated substituted phenol.

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Meanings

nounWulff-Dötz reaction (plural Wulff-Dötz reactions)

plural Wulff-Dötz reactions

  1. The chemical reaction of an aromatic or vinylic alkoxy pentacarbonyl chromium carbene complex with an alkyne and carbon monoxide to give a Cr(CO)₃-coordinated substituted phenol.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dötz reaction

Origin

First discovered by the German chemist Karl Heinz Dötz (born 1943) and extensively developed by Dötz’s and the American chemist William Wulff’s (born 1949) groups at Michigan State University.

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