Darzen's procedure
Darzen's procedure
[′där·zənz prə‚sē·jər] (organic chemistry)
Preparation of alkyl halides by refluxing a molecule of an alcohol with a molecule of thionyl chloride in the presence of a molecule of pyridine.
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