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deprotonate

deprotonate verb: to remove one or more protons from (a molecule).

Verb

deprotonate (third-person singular simple present deprotonates, present participle deprotonating, simple past and past participle deprotonated)

  1. (ergative) To remove one or more protons from (a molecule).

Forms of deprotonate

third-person singular presentdeprotonates
present participledeprotonating
past participledeprotonated
pastdeprotonated

Origin of deprotonate

From de- + protonate.

Questions about deprotonate

What does deprotonate mean?
Deprotonate means to remove one or more protons from (a molecule).
What part of speech is deprotonate?
Deprotonate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deprotonate?
The past tense of deprotonate is deprotonated.

Words near deprotonate in the dictionary

  1. deproteinizations
  2. deproteinize
  3. deproteinized
  4. deproteinizes
  5. deproteinizing
  6. deprotonate
  7. deprotonated
  8. deprotonates
  9. deprotonating
  10. deprotonation
  11. deprotonations

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