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oxymercurations

oxymercurations is the plural of oxymercuration.

Meaning of oxymercuration

Noun

oxymercuration (countable and uncountable, plural oxymercurations)

  1. An addition reaction in which the elements of water are added across an alkene's double bond to form an alcohol; the reaction proceeds via the addition of mercuric acetate, the mercuric group being removed by reduction

Questions about oxymercurations

What is oxymercurations the plural of?
Oxymercurations is the plural of oxymercuration.

Words near oxymercurations in the dictionary

  1. oxyluminescent
  2. oxymatrine
  3. oxymel
  4. oxymels
  5. oxymercuration
  6. oxymercurations
  7. oxymesterone
  8. oxymetazoline
  9. oxymeter
  10. oxymeters
  11. oxymethazoline

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