Kolbe reaction

English

Etymology

For German chemist Hermann Kolbe

Noun

Kolbe reaction (plural Kolbe reactions)

  1. (organic chemistry) An electrolytic reaction involving the decarboxylative dimerisation of two carboxylic acids

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