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epoxidating

epoxidating is the present participle and gerund of epoxidate.

Meaning of epoxidate

Verb

epoxidate (third-person singular simple present epoxidates, present participle epoxidating, simple past and past participle epoxidated)

  1. to undergo the reaction that produces an epoxide; oxidation reactions of alkenes give cyclic ethers in which both carbons of a double bond become bonded to the same oxygen atom)

Questions about epoxidating

What is epoxidating the present participle and gerund of?
Epoxidating is the present participle and gerund of epoxidate.

Words near epoxidating in the dictionary

  1. epoxidase
  2. epoxidases
  3. epoxidate
  4. epoxidated
  5. epoxidates
  6. epoxidating
  7. epoxidation
  8. epoxidations
  9. epoxide
  10. epoxides
  11. epoxidic

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