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carboboration

carboboration noun: the addition of both a carbon and a boron moiety to certain carbon-containing double and triple bonds, such as alkenes, alkynes, and allenes.

Noun

carboboration (countable and uncountable, plural carboborations)

  1. The addition of both a carbon and a boron moiety to certain carbon-containing double and triple bonds, such as alkenes, alkynes, and allenes.

Forms of carboboration

pluralcarboborations

Questions about carboboration

What does carboboration mean?
Carboboration means the addition of both a carbon and a boron moiety to certain carbon-containing double and triple bonds, such as alkenes, alkynes, and allenes.
What part of speech is carboboration?
Carboboration is a noun.
What is the plural of carboboration?
The plural of carboboration is carboborations.

Words near carboboration in the dictionary

  1. carboanion
  2. carboanions
  3. carbobenzoxy
  4. carboborate
  5. carboborates
  6. carboboration
  7. carboborations
  8. carboborite
  9. carbobutoxyethyltin
  10. carbocaine
  11. carbocation

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