Barton-McCombie deoxygenation
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Derek Barton and Stuart W. McCombie.
Noun
editBarton-McCombie deoxygenation (countable and uncountable, plural Barton-McCombie deoxygenations)
- (chemistry) An organic reaction in which a hydroxy functional group in an organic compound is replaced by a hydrogen to give an alkyl group.
Further reading
edit- Barton-McCombie deoxygenation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia