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alkanoylation

alkanoylation noun: the process of adding an acyl group to a compound.

Noun

alkanoylation (uncountable)

  1. The process of adding an acyl group to a compound.

Origin of alkanoylation

From alkanoyl + -ation.

Questions about alkanoylation

What does alkanoylation mean?
Alkanoylation means the process of adding an acyl group to a compound.
What part of speech is alkanoylation?
Alkanoylation is a noun.

Words near alkanoylation in the dictionary

  1. alkanolamines
  2. alkanols
  3. alkanone
  4. alkanones
  5. alkanoyl
  6. alkanoylation
  7. alkanoyls
  8. Alkaphrah
  9. alkapton
  10. alkaptonuria
  11. alkaptonuric

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