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biselectrophilic

biselectrophilic adjective: having two electrophilic groups.

Adjective

biselectrophilic (not comparable)

  1. Having two electrophilic groups
    • A variety of biselectrophilic molecules were used to cross-link two properly aligned cysteines, with the aim of stabilizing the helical conformation.2015 June 26, Marta Pelay-Gimeno et al., “Structure-Based Design of Inhibitors of Protein–Protein Interactions: Mimicking Peptide Binding Epitopes”, in Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in...

Forms of biselectrophilic

alternative formbis-electrophilic

Origin of biselectrophilic

From bis- + electrophilic.

Questions about biselectrophilic

What does biselectrophilic mean?
Biselectrophilic means having two electrophilic groups.
What part of speech is biselectrophilic?
Biselectrophilic is an adjective.

Words near biselectrophilic in the dictionary

  1. bisegmentectomies
  2. bisegmentectomy
  3. bisegmented
  4. bisegments
  5. Bisel
  6. biselectrophilic
  7. Bisels
  8. bisemic
  9. bisemous
  10. bisenolate
  11. bisenolates

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