Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deprotonation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: de-pro-to-na-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English protonation English deprotonation From de- + protonation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

deprotonations (plural)

Questions

What does deprotonation mean?: 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.
Where does deprotonation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English protonation English deprotonation From de- + protonation.

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