释义 |
can·niz·za·ro reaction \|kanə|zä(ˌ)rō-, -nət|sä-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: after Stanislao Cannizzaro died 1910 Italian chemist : a reaction of aldehydes with caustic alkali in which one molecule of aldehyde is reduced to the corresponding alcohol and another molecule is oxidized to the salt of the corresponding acid |