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hydrocarbonylation

hydrocarbonylation noun: the addition of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to unsaturated hydrocarbons.

Noun

hydrocarbonylation (plural hydrocarbonylations)

  1. The addition of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to unsaturated hydrocarbons.

Forms of hydrocarbonylation

pluralhydrocarbonylations

Questions about hydrocarbonylation

What does hydrocarbonylation mean?
Hydrocarbonylation means the addition of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to unsaturated hydrocarbons.
What part of speech is hydrocarbonylation?
Hydrocarbonylation is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrocarbonylation?
The plural of hydrocarbonylation is hydrocarbonylations.

Words near hydrocarbonylation in the dictionary

  1. hydrocarbonized
  2. hydrocarbonoclastic
  3. hydrocarbonous
  4. hydrocarbons
  5. hydrocarbonyl
  6. hydrocarbonylation
  7. hydrocarbonyls
  8. hydrocarbostyril
  9. hydrocarboxylation
  10. hydrocarboxylations
  11. hydrocarboxylic

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