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depropionylate

depropionylate verb: to remove propionyl groups from a compound.

Verb

depropionylate (third-person singular simple present depropionylates, present participle depropionylating, simple past and past participle depropionylated)

  1. To remove propionyl groups from a compound

Forms of depropionylate

third-person singular presentdepropionylates
present participledepropionylating
past participledepropionylated
pastdepropionylated

Origin of depropionylate

From de- + propionylate.

Questions about depropionylate

What does depropionylate mean?
Depropionylate means to remove propionyl groups from a compound.
What part of speech is depropionylate?
Depropionylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of depropionylate?
The past tense of depropionylate is depropionylated.

Words near depropionylate in the dictionary

  1. deprojection
  2. deprojections
  3. deprojects
  4. depronominal
  5. depronominalization
  6. depropionylate
  7. depropionylated
  8. deproscribe
  9. deproscribed
  10. deproscribes
  11. deproscribing

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