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dequaternize

dequaternize verb: to remove a group from (a quaternary ammonium compound) to yield a tertiary amine.

Verb

dequaternize (third-person singular simple present dequaternizes, present participle dequaternizing, simple past and past participle dequaternized)

  1. (transitive) To remove a group from (a quaternary ammonium compound) to yield a tertiary amine.

Forms of dequaternize

third-person singular presentdequaternizes
present participledequaternizing
past participledequaternized
pastdequaternized

Questions about dequaternize

What does dequaternize mean?
Dequaternize means to remove a group from (a quaternary ammonium compound) to yield a tertiary amine.
What part of speech is dequaternize?
Dequaternize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dequaternize?
The past tense of dequaternize is dequaternized.

Words near dequaternize in the dictionary

  1. dequantizations
  2. dequantize
  3. dequantized
  4. dequantizes
  5. dequantizing
  6. dequaternize
  7. dequaternized
  8. dequaternizes
  9. dequaternizing
  10. deque
  11. dequeen

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