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Curtius reaction
A laboratory method for degrading a carboxylic acid to a primary amine by converting the acid to an acyl azide to give products which can be hydrolyzed to amines.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Chemistry
- Category: Organic chemistry
- Company: McGraw-Hill
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