Nicolaou Edit Meaning

1.

verb

1) To use a very large excess of a reagent. To bomb it. 2) To fill all one's cyclic structures with colors.

noun

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"Hey how much MnO2 should I use?"

"2 or 3 Nicolaous should do it."

"Hey what's with that structure? It's full of strange colors!"

"Oh, I Nicolaoued it."

"Nothing's happening with my reaction..."

"You should just Nicolaou it."

See bomb, excess, colors, chemistry