Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction (English, noun)
expansion: Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction (plural Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reductions)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reduction of ketones and aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols, using aluminium alkoxide catalysis in the presence of a sacrificial alcohol.
Forms:
form: Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reductions
tags: plural