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deprotonating

deprotonating is the present participle and gerund of deprotonate.

Meaning of deprotonate

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).

Questions about deprotonating

What is deprotonating the present participle and gerund of?
Deprotonating is the present participle and gerund of deprotonate.

Words near deprotonating in the dictionary

  1. deproteinizes
  2. deproteinizing
  3. deprotonate
  4. deprotonated
  5. deprotonates
  6. deprotonating
  7. deprotonation
  8. deprotonations
  9. deprotoned
  10. deprotonisation
  11. deprotonization

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