Meanings
plural bisadducts
- chemistryThe product of two simultaneous addition reactions on the same molecule
Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Both π-bonds in 42 react with DMAD in the presence of a Ru-catalyst to produce bisadduct 43; this is the first example of a cyclobutene π-bond reacting in this fashion.
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