Baeyer-Villiger oxidation (English, noun)
expansion: Baeyer-Villiger oxidation (countable and uncountable, plural Baeyer-Villiger oxidations)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic reaction that forms an ester from a ketone or a lactone from a cyclic ketone, using peroxyacids or peroxides as the oxidant.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: Baeyer-Villiger oxidations
tags: plural