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hydromethylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-dromethy-la-tion
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A class of reactions in which a hydrogen atom and a methyl group are added to the double bond of an alkene to form a branched alkane

Etymology

From hydro- + methylation.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hydromethylations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hydroxymethylation

Questions

What does hydromethylation mean?
A class of reactions in which a hydrogen atom and a methyl group are added to the double bond of an alkene to form a branched alkane
Where does hydromethylation come from?
From hydro- + methylation.

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