acylation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

English acyl

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English acylation

From acyl + -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪsɪˈleɪʃən/

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Noun

acylation (plural acylations)

2. (organic chemistry) The process of adding an acyl group to a compound.

Derived terms

• aminoacylation
• autoacylation
• deacylation
• Friedel-Crafts acylation
• hydroacylation
• hyperacylation
• hypoacylation
• misacylation
• monoacylation
• preacylation
• reacylation
• thioacylation
• transacylation
• underacylation

Translations

the process of adding an acyl to a compound

• Catalan: acilació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酰化 (zh) (xiānhuà) (Mainland China) , 醯化 (zh) (xīhuà) (Taiwan)

• Finnish: asylointi
• German: Acylierung (de) f
• Polish: acylowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: acilação f
• Spanish: acilación f
• Turkish: asilasyon, asilleşme

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