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hydroboration

hydroboration noun: the production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.

Noun

hydroboration (countable and uncountable, plural hydroborations)

  1. The production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.

Forms of hydroboration

pluralhydroborations

Origin of hydroboration

From hydro- + boration.

Questions about hydroboration

What does hydroboration mean?
Hydroboration means the production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.
What part of speech is hydroboration?
Hydroboration is a noun.
What is the plural of hydroboration?
The plural of hydroboration is hydroborations.

Words near hydroboration in the dictionary

  1. hydroborane
  2. hydroboranes
  3. hydroborate
  4. hydroborated
  5. hydroborates
  6. hydroboration
  7. hydroborations
  8. hydrobot
  9. hydrobots
  10. hydrobromate
  11. hydrobromates

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