Barton-McCombie deoxygenation

English

Etymology

Named after Derek Barton and Stuart W. McCombie.

Noun

Barton-McCombie deoxygenation (countable and uncountable, plural Barton-McCombie deoxygenations)

  1. (chemistry) An organic reaction in which a hydroxy functional group in an organic compound is replaced by a hydrogen to give an alkyl group.

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