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dehydrodimerization

dehydrodimerization noun: the formation of a biaryl dimer by removing a hydrogen atom from each of two molecules of an aromatic hydrocarbon and linking the two radicals with a single bond.

Noun

dehydrodimerization (countable and uncountable, plural dehydrodimerizations)

  1. The formation of a biaryl dimer by removing a hydrogen atom from each of two molecules of an aromatic hydrocarbon and linking the two radicals with a single bond

Forms of dehydrodimerization

pluraldehydrodimerizations

Origin of dehydrodimerization

From dehydro- + dimerization.

Questions about dehydrodimerization

What does dehydrodimerization mean?
Dehydrodimerization means the formation of a biaryl dimer by removing a hydrogen atom from each of two molecules of an aromatic hydrocarbon and linking the two radicals with a single bond.
What part of speech is dehydrodimerization?
Dehydrodimerization is a noun.
What is the plural of dehydrodimerization?
The plural of dehydrodimerization is dehydrodimerizations.

Words near dehydrodimerization in the dictionary

  1. dehydrocyclization
  2. dehydrocyclizations
  3. dehydrodiconiferol
  4. dehydrodiconiferyl
  5. dehydrodimer
  6. dehydrodimerization
  7. dehydrodimerizations
  8. dehydrodimers
  9. dehydroecdysone
  10. dehydroecdysones
  11. dehydroemetine

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