Phrase guide

Cannizzaro reaction

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The disproportionation of an aldehyde into an alcohol and a carboxylic acid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

Named after Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), who discovered it.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَفَاعُل كَانِّيزَارُو (tafāʕul kānnīzārū) — reaction
  • Arabic: رَدّ فِعْلِ كَانِّيزَارُو (radd fiʕli kānnīzārū) — reaction
  • Armenian: Կանիցարոյի ռեակցիա (Kanicʻaroyi ṙeakcʻia) — reaction
  • Belarusian: рэа́кцыя Каніца́ра (reákcyja Kanicára) — reaction
  • Bengali: ক্যানিজারো বিক্রিয়া (kênijarō bikriẏa) — reaction
  • Bulgarian: реакция на Каницаро (reakcija na Kanicaro) — reaction
  • Catalan: reacció de Cannizzaro — reaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坎尼扎羅反應 /坎尼扎罗反应 (Kǎnnízhāluó fǎnyìng) — reaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 康尼查羅反應 /康尼查罗反应 (Kāngnícháluó fǎnyìng) — reaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 康尼扎羅反應 /康尼扎罗反应 (Kāngnízhāluó fǎnyìng) — reaction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卡尼扎羅反應 /卡尼扎罗反应 (Kǎnnízhāluó fǎnyìng) — reaction
  • Dutch: Cannizzaro-reactie — reaction
  • Finnish: Cannizzaro-reaktio — reaction
  • French: réaction de Cannizzaro — reaction
  • German: Cannizzaro-Reaktion — reaction
  • Hebrew: תְּגוּבַת קָנִיזָרוֹ (teguvát kanizáro) — reaction
  • Hindi: कैनिजारो अभिक्रिया (kainijāro abhikriyā) — reaction
  • Hindi: कैनिज़ारों अभिक्रिया (kainizārõ abhikriyā) — reaction
  • Hungarian: Cannizzaro-reakció — reaction
  • Indonesian: reaksi Cannizzaro — reaction
  • Italian: reazione di Cannizzaro — reaction
  • Japanese: カニッツァーロ反応 (Kanisāro-hannō) — reaction
  • Persian: واکنش کانیزارو (vâkoneš kânizâro) — reaction
  • Polish: reakcja Cannizzaro — reaction
  • Portuguese: reação de Cannizzaro — reaction
  • Russian: реа́кция Канницца́ро (reákcija Kanniccáro) — reaction
  • Slovene: Cannizzarova reakcija — reaction
  • Spanish: reacción de Cannizzaro — reaction
  • Tamil: கான்னிசரோ வினை (kāṉṉicarō viṉai) — reaction
  • Tamil: கன்னிசாரோவின் வினை (kaṉṉicārōviṉ viṉai) — reaction
  • Ukrainian: реа́кція Канніцца́ро (reákcija Kanniccáro) — reaction