Barton-McCombie deoxygenation

English

Etymology

Named after Derek Barton and Stuart W. McCombie.

Noun

Barton-McCombie deoxygenation (countable and uncountable, plural Barton-McCombie deoxygenations)

1. (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

• Barton-McCombie deoxygenation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia