oxymercuration

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noun
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  • (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

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Affix from English mercury.

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mercury

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