oxymercuration

== English == === Etymology === From oxy- +‎ mercury +‎ -ation. === Noun === oxymercuration (countable and uncountable, plural oxymercurations) (organic chemistry) An addition reaction in which the elements of water are added across an alkene's double bond to form an alcohol; the reaction proceeds via the addition of mercuric acetate, the mercuric group being removed by reduction