deprotonation

See also: déprotonation

English

Etymology

de- +‎ protonation

Noun

deprotonation (countable and uncountable, plural deprotonations)

(chemistry) The removal of a proton (hydrogen ion) (better called a hydron, because it can occasionally be deuterium) from a molecule to form a conjugate base.

Translations

removal of a proton

German: Deprotonierung f
Italian: deprotonazione f

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