oxymercuration
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From oxy- + mercury + -ation.
Noun
[edit]oxymercuration (countable and uncountable, plural oxymercurations)
- (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