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methylalumination

/ˌmɛθɪləˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən/

methylalumination noun: a chemical reaction involving the addition of a methyl group and an aluminum moiety to a substrate, typically an alkyne or alkene, resulting in the formation of organoaluminum compounds.

Noun

methylalumination (usually uncountable, plural methylaluminations)

  1. (usually) A chemical reaction involving the addition of a methyl group and an aluminum moiety to a substrate, typically an alkyne or alkene, resulting in the formation of organoaluminum compounds.
    • Zirconium-catalysed methylalumination of the propargylic and homopropargylic species (111) is uniformly highly regio- and stero-selective; the resulting alanes (112) are versatile olefin synthons.1983, G. Pattenden, General and Synthetic Methods (Specialist periodical reports), volume 6, Royal Society of Chemistry, page 31
    • The reaction is broad in scope with respect to R¹ in the single most important case of methylalumination.2013 December 4, Armin de Meijere, Stefan Bräse, Martin Oestreich, Metal Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions and More, John Wiley & Sons, pages 3-26

Forms of methylalumination

pluralmethylaluminations

Origin of methylalumination

methyl- + aluminum + -ation

Questions about methylalumination

What does methylalumination mean?
Methylalumination means a chemical reaction involving the addition of a methyl group and an aluminum moiety to a substrate, typically an alkyne or alkene, resulting in the formation of organoaluminum compounds.
What part of speech is methylalumination?
Methylalumination is a noun.
How do you pronounce methylalumination?
Methylalumination is pronounced /ˌmɛθɪləˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən/.
What is the plural of methylalumination?
The plural of methylalumination is methylaluminations.

Words near methylalumination in the dictionary

  1. methyladenine
  2. methyladenines
  3. methyladenosine
  4. methylal
  5. methylals
  6. methylalumination
  7. methylaluminations
  8. methylamide
  9. methylamides
  10. methylamine
  11. methylamines

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