Diazoacetate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Diazoacetate is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of diazoacetic acid; the esters react with alkenes to form cyclopropane derivatives.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of diazoacetic acid; the esters react with alkenes to form cyclopropane derivatives.
Example Sentences
Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Considering the range of chiral catalysts that are available for diazoacetate decomposition, the development of reaction conditions for asymmetric vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations had initially been considered to be relatively straightforward.
Word Forms
- diazoacetates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include diazoacetoacetate, diazoester, diazoacetylacetone, diazoalkane, diazoketoester, diazoethane.
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