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detritylation

detritylation noun: the removal of a trityl protecting group.

Noun

detritylation (plural detritylations)

  1. The removal of a trityl protecting group
    • With option (iii) one may run into the problem of partial detritylation of trimer building blocks due to their longer exposure to the mildly acidic coupling agent.2015 September 11, “A Robust and Versatile Method of Combinatorial Chemical Synthesis of Gene Libraries via Hierarchical Assembly of Partially Randomized Modules”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of detritylation

pluraldetritylations

Origin of detritylation

From de- + tritylation.

Questions about detritylation

What does detritylation mean?
Detritylation means the removal of a trityl protecting group.
What part of speech is detritylation?
Detritylation is a noun.
What is the plural of detritylation?
The plural of detritylation is detritylations.

Words near detritylation in the dictionary

  1. detritus
  2. detritusphere
  3. detrituspheres
  4. detritylate
  5. detritylated
  6. detritylation
  7. detritylations
  8. detrivore
  9. detrivores
  10. detrivorous
  11. detrivory

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