Bouveault–Blanc reduction
noun
Bou·veault–Blanc reduction
\¦büˌvō¦bläⁿ-\
Definition of Bouveault–Blanc reduction
: a method for the preparation of alcohols from esters and of amines from oximes or nitriles by reduction with metallic sodium in solution in an alcohol (as ethyl alcohol)
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Origin and Etymology of bouveault–blanc reduction
after Louis Bouveault †1909 and Gustave Blanc fl1903 French chemists
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