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TETRAHEDRAL INTERMEDIATE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

A reaction intermediate in which an initially double-bonded carbon atom (typically a carbonyl carbon atom) has been transformed from a trigonal to a tetrahedral arrangement of bonds. For example, aldol in the condensation reaction of acetaldehyde, (but most tetrahedral intermediates have a more fleeting existence).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Intermédiaire réactionnel dans lequel l'hybridation d'un atome de carbone, initialement porteur d'une double liaison (l'atome de carbone du groupe carbonyle en est un exemple typique), se trouve changée de sp² en sp³. Par exemple, l'aldol au cours de la réaction de condensation de l'acétaldéhyde (mais la plupart des intermédiaires tétraédriques ont une existence plus brève).

Spanish

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