α-addition (alpha-addition)

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A @[email protected] resulting in a single reaction product from two or three reacting chemical species, with formation of two new chemical @[email protected] to the same atom in one of the reactant @[email protected] The synonymous term 1/1/addition is also used. For example:
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(This particular example can also be viewed as an @[email protected] reaction.) In inorganic chemistry such α-addition reactions, generally to a metallic @[email protected], are known as 'oxidative additions'. α-Addition is the reverse of α[email protected]@ or 1/1/@[email protected]
See also:
addition
,
elimination
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1087 [Terms] [Paper]