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alkylative

alkylative adjective: describing a rearrangement reaction that forms an alkyl group.

Adjective

alkylative (not comparable)

  1. Describing a rearrangement reaction that forms an alkyl group

Questions about alkylative

What does alkylative mean?
Alkylative means describing a rearrangement reaction that forms an alkyl group.
What part of speech is alkylative?
Alkylative is an adjective.

Words near alkylative in the dictionary

  1. alkylated
  2. alkylates
  3. alkylating
  4. alkylation
  5. alkylations
  6. alkylative
  7. alkylator
  8. alkylators
  9. alkylbenzene
  10. alkylbenzenes
  11. alkylbenzenesulfonate

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