Knoevenagel condensation (English, noun)
expansion: Knoevenagel condensation (countable and uncountable, plural Knoevenagel condensations)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The nucleophilic addition of an active hydrogen compound to a carbonyl group followed by a dehydration reaction in which a molecule of water is eliminated. The product is often an α,β-unsaturated ketone (a conjugated enone).
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: Knoevenagel condensations
tags: plural