oxymercuration
English
noun
Definitions
- (organic chemistry) An addition reaction in which the elements of water are added across an alkene's double bond to form an alcohol; the reaction proceeds via the addition of mercuric acetate, the mercuric group being removed by reduction
Etymology
Affix from English mercury.
Origin
English
mercury
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alkylmercury English
- dimercury English
- dodecamercury English
- eka-mercury English
- ethylmercury English
- hexamercury English
- mercuriation English
- mercuric English
- mercuriferous English
- mercurify English
- mercurism English
- mercuroan English
- mercurocuprate English
- mercurous English
- mercury English
- mercury sulfide English
- mercury sulphide English
- methylmercury English
- nonmercury English
- organomercury English
- pentamercury English
- phenylmercury English
- radiomercury English
- tetramercury English
- trimercury English
- mercwri Welsh
- mercury
- mercuric
- mercuroan
- dimercury
- mercurify
- mercurism
- mercurous
- trimercury
- nonmercury
- eka-mercury
- hexamercury
- tetramercury
- radiomercury
- alkylmercury
- mercuriation
- pentamercury
- ethylmercury
- dodecamercury
- mercuriferous
- phenylmercury
- methylmercury
- organomercury
- mercurocuprate
- mercury sulfide
- mercury sulphide