Α-addition

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000028",
  "term": "Α-addition",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "An addition reaction in which two new bonds form to the same atom of one of the reacting species, giving a single product from two or three reactants. A carbene adding to an alkene to give a cyclopropane is an example, since the carbene carbon forms both new bonds. In inorganic chemistry, the same pattern at a metal centre is called oxidative addition, and its reverse is alpha-elimination.",
  "synonyms": [
    "alpha-addition",
    "1/1/addition"
  ],
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "addition",
    "bond",
    "central atom",
    "chemical reaction",
    "elimination",
    "insertion",
    "molecular entity",
    "α-elimination"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. 'Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 1087 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466051077)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/a-addition/"
}