deprotonation

See also: déprotonation

English

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-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *próder.

Ancient Greek πρό (pró)

Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos)

Ancient Greek πρῶτον (prôton)lbor.

English proton

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 protonation

English deprotonation

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.

Translations

removal of a proton

• German: Deprotonierung f
• Italian: deprotonazione f