Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
FRGS
Fri.
friable
friar
friar’s balsam
friar’s lantern
friary
fribble
fricandeau
fricassee
fricative
FRICS
friction
friction climbing
friction clutch
friction hitch
friction match
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

Friedel-Crafts reaction

Frie·del-Crafts re·ac·tion [ frd'l kráfts ree àksh'n ] (plural Frie·del-Crafts re·ac·tions)


noun 
Definition:
 
chemical reaction involving benzene ring: an organic chemical reaction in which a benzene ring becomes substituted by an acyl or alkyl group

[Late 19th century. After the French chemist Charles Friedel (1832-1899) and the U.S. chemist James M. Crafts (1839-1917), who pioneered it]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft