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bathophenanthroline

bathophenanthroline noun: the heterocycle 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent.

Noun

bathophenanthroline (countable and uncountable, plural bathophenanthrolines)

  1. The heterocycle 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent
    • A water-soluble palladium(II) bathophenanthroline complex is a stable recyclable catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of a wide range of alcohols to aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids in a biphasic water-alcohol system.2000 March 3, Gerd-Jan ten Brink et al., “Green, Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols in Water”, in Science, volume 287, number 5458, →DOI, pages 1636–1639

Forms of bathophenanthroline

pluralbathophenanthrolines

Origin of bathophenanthroline

From batho- + phenanthroline.

Questions about bathophenanthroline

What does bathophenanthroline mean?
Bathophenanthroline means the heterocycle 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent.
What part of speech is bathophenanthroline?
Bathophenanthroline is a noun.
What is the plural of bathophenanthroline?
The plural of bathophenanthroline is bathophenanthrolines.

Words near bathophenanthroline in the dictionary

  1. bathometers
  2. bathomic
  3. Bathonian
  4. bathook
  5. bathooks
  6. bathophenanthroline
  7. bathophenantroline
  8. bathophilous
  9. bathophobia
  10. bathorhodopsin
  11. bathorse

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