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monoalkylate

monoalkylate verb: to introduce a single alkyl group into a molecule.

Verb

monoalkylate (third-person singular simple present monoalkylates, present participle monoalkylating, simple past and past participle monoalkylated)

  1. To introduce a single alkyl group into a molecule

Forms of monoalkylate

third-person singular presentmonoalkylates
present participlemonoalkylating
past participlemonoalkylated
pastmonoalkylated

Origin of monoalkylate

From mono- + alkylate.

Questions about monoalkylate

What does monoalkylate mean?
Monoalkylate means to introduce a single alkyl group into a molecule.
What part of speech is monoalkylate?
Monoalkylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of monoalkylate?
The past tense of monoalkylate is monoalkylated.

Words near monoalkylate in the dictionary

  1. monoalkenylated
  2. monoalkoxide
  3. monoalkoxides
  4. monoalkoxylated
  5. monoalkyl
  6. monoalkylate
  7. monoalkylated
  8. monoalkylation
  9. monoalkylations
  10. monoalkylglycerol
  11. monoalkylglycerols

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