rearrangement reaction

noun

any of many classes of reaction in which an atom or bond moves or migrates from a site in a reactant molecule to a different site in a product molecule

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Meanings

nounrearrangement reaction (plural rearrangement reactions)

plural rearrangement reactions

  1. chemistryany of many classes of reaction in which an atom or bond moves or migrates from a site in a reactant molecule to a different site in a product molecule
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