acetylation

See also: acétylation

English

Etymology

acetylate +‎ -ion

Noun

acetylation (plural acetylations)

1. (organic chemistry) The reaction of a substance with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more acetyl groups into a substance.

Synonyms

• ethanoylation

Related terms

• acetylate

Derived terms

• aminoacetylation
• autoacetylation
• deacetylation
• desacetylation
• diacetylation
• hyperacetylation
• hypoacetylation
• monoacetylation
• multiacetylation
• nonacetylation
• pentaacetylation
• peracetylation
• phosphoacetylation
• preacetylation
• reacetylation
• transacetylation
• underacetylation

 

Translations

reaction of a substance with acetic acid

• Finnish: asetylaatio
• Icelandic: asetýling f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: acetilação f

See also

• acetylation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acetyl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia