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deprotonate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-pro-to-nate
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove one or more protons from (a molecule).

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 protonate English deprotonate From de- + protonate.

Inflected Forms

deprotonates (present, singular) deprotonating (participle, present) deprotonated (participle, past) deprotonated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

deprotonation

Questions

What does deprotonate mean?
To remove one or more protons from (a molecule).
Where does deprotonate 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 protonate English deprotonate From de- + protonate.

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