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Wulff-Dötz reaction

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

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The chemical reaction of an aromatic or vinylic alkoxy pentacarbonyl chromium carbene complex with an alkyne and carbon monoxide to give a Cr(CO)3-coordinated substituted phenol.

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First discovered by the German chemist Karl Heinz Dötz (born 1943) and extensively developed by Dötz’s and the American chemist William Wulff’s (born 1949) groups at Michigan State University.