Cyclobenzannulation
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The formation or expansion of a ring by the introduction of one or more fused benzene rings. uncountable
"Scheme 1 Novel intermediates detected by XAS in a Au-catalysed cyclobenzannulation Hashmi and Bertagnolli also employed XAS to investigate the oxidation state of the gold catalyst in an Au-catalysed oxidative esterification."
Example
More examples"Scheme 1 Novel intermediates detected by XAS in a Au-catalysed cyclobenzannulation Hashmi and Bertagnolli also employed XAS to investigate the oxidation state of the gold catalyst in an Au-catalysed oxidative esterification."
Etymology
From cyclo- + benzannulation.
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