Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Groove synthesis

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The result was Delete both. Michig (talk) 07:52, 28 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Groove synthesis[edit]

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Nominating these two articles, groove synthesis and groove halogenization, because I'm unable to substantiate the use of these names for the chemical reaction the articles describe. The reaction itself is real, but neither term has any relevant Google hits (nor does the more standard "halogenation"). I did find some hits for "Groove's process", but almost exclusively on Indian (mostly IIT-related) homework-help sites, with a couple of hits from Indian chemistry textbooks where the Google Books preview doesn't explicitly define the term (e.g. here). No similar term is mentioned in fairly comprehensive basic organic synthesis references like Carey and Sundberg.

We already have the reaction documented at Haloalkane#From_alcohols. I would support a redirect to that target with some evidence that these are common names, but what I can find in English is so sparse that making the connection would essentially be original research. Opabinia regalis (talk) 06:30, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:44, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: the two articles appear to be the same topic as each other, so at least a merge/redirect of one to the other, assuming the topic itself is found to suffice for an article here. DMacks (talk) 09:15, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See also this Wikiproject Chemistry discussion - that's two of us who can't find anything for this. Yes, these two articles are duplicates, and if any title merits a redirect it would be Groove's process, not either of the current two. Opabinia regalis (talk) 05:18, 24 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete both. While the chemical reaction described is certainly known (and already appropriately mentioned at Haloalkane#From_alcohols, as mentioned above) I am also unable to verify in any reliable source these names for the reactions. If none of the professional chemists here can verify it, it is either made up or extremely obscure and therefore not notable. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:24, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete both per Ed. MicroPaLeo (talk) 17:21, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.