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hydroformylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
hy-dro-formy-la-tion
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to form an aldehyde.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hydro- + formylation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hydroformylations (plural)

Phrases

Fischer-Tropsch process

Frequently Paired Words

Fischer-Tropsch process

Questions

What does hydroformylation mean?
The reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to form an aldehyde.
Where does hydroformylation come from?
From hydro- + formylation.

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