English Explanatory Dictionary

deprotonation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

deprotonation deprotonations

Etymology

From de- + protonation.

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