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dehydrogenation

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[dee-hahy-druh-juhn-ay-shuhn, dee-hahy-drah-] / diˌhaɪ drə dʒənˈeɪ ʃən, ˌdi haɪˌdrɑ- /

noun

dehydrogenations plural
  1. the act or process of dehydrogenating.


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Ultimately, they were able to determine the reaction conditions that favored this oxygenation or "lactonization" over the dehydrogenation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2024

The chemists set themselves the ambitious goal of finding a general organic synthesis method for doing either the oxygenation or dehydrogenation reaction, as these versatile "bimodal" enzymes do in living cells.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2024

It also launched its twelfth natural gas liquids fractionator and its second propane dehydrogenation plant in Chambers County, Texas.

From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2023

The dehydrogenation of oil forms the trans fat, which contains single bonds in its structure.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Trans fat is produced by dehydrogenation of oils, which makes it unsaturated.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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