debenzylate
debenzylate verb: to remove one or more benzyl groups from.
Verb
debenzylate (third-person singular simple present debenzylates, present participle debenzylating, simple past and past participle debenzylated)
- To remove one or more benzyl groups from.
- This method described by Sinaÿ et al. can only debenzylate the α-isomer of 20 and led to compound 21 which was then phosphorylated using the dibenzyl phosphoramidite and subsequently oxidized to compound 22.2015 August 5, Abbas El Sahili et al., “A Pyranose-2-Phosphate Motif Is Responsible for Both Antibiotic Import and Quorum-Sensing Regulation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens”, in PLoS Pathogens, volume...
Forms of debenzylate
| third-person singular present | debenzylates |
|---|---|
| present participle | debenzylating |
| past participle | debenzylated |
| past | debenzylated |
Origin of debenzylate
From de- + benzyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Questions about debenzylate
- What does debenzylate mean?
- Debenzylate means to remove one or more benzyl groups from.
- What part of speech is debenzylate?
- Debenzylate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of debenzylate?
- The past tense of debenzylate is debenzylated.
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