deprotonation

See also: déprotonation

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ protonation.

Noun

deprotonation (countable and uncountable, plural deprotonations)

  1. (chemistry) 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.

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