Schotten-Baumann reaction

noun

¦shätᵊn¦bau̇mən-,

-ˌmän-

: acylation (as conversion of an alcohol to an ester, of an amine to an amide, or of hydroxylamine to a hydroxamic acid) by an acid chloride in the presence of alkali

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after Carl Schotten †1910 German chemist and Baumann, 19th century German chemist

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