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The following 3 entries include the term Wurtz.
Wurtz column
noun: a bulbed fractionating column for laboratory distillations
: a synthesis of aliphatic or usually alkyl-substituted aromatic hydrocarbons (as toluene) from two molecules of organic halogen compound (as one molecule each of methyl bromide and bromo-benzene) and two atoms of sodium compare fittig reaction , wurtz reaction
Wurtz reaction
noun: a synthesis of aliphatic hydrocarbons (as butane) from two molecules of an alkyl halide (as ethyl iodide) and two atoms of sodium
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