Sandmeyer reaction

noun

Sand·​mey·​er reaction

ˈsan(d)ˌmī(ə)r-

: a reaction for preparing aromatic halides or cyanides from a salt with a cuprous halide or cyanide as catalyst

ortho-bromo-toluene can be made from ortho-toluene-diazonium bromide by the Sandmeyer reaction

Word History

Etymology

after Traugott Sandmeyer †1922 Swiss chemist

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