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trifluoromethylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tri-flu-o-romethy-la-tion
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical reaction that adds a trifluoromethyl group (–CF₃) to an organic molecule, often to improve properties like stability, reactivity, or biological activity.

Etymology

From tri- + fluoro- + methyl- + -ation.

Inflected Forms

trifluoromethylations (plural)

Questions

What does trifluoromethylation mean?
A chemical reaction that adds a trifluoromethyl group (–CF₃) to an organic molecule, often to improve properties like stability, reactivity, or biological activity.
Where does trifluoromethylation come from?
From tri- + fluoro- + methyl- + -ation.

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