labilize

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Etymology

labile +‎ -ize

Verb

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  1. (chemistry, transitive, intransitive) To make or become labile (i.e. unstable).
    • 1915, Oscar Loew, Chemical Abstracts‎[1], volume 9, number 2, Notes on the mechanism of biological oxidation processes, page 1488:
      L. regards the oxidative processes of the body as taking place not as a result of activated O, but rather by means of "labilized" H atoms of the proteins of the cells so that they react readily with mol. O2.
    • 1990, Stephen Kuby, A Study of Enzymes, volume 2, →ISBN, page 147:
      […] in order to labilize the glycosidic bond.
    • 2014, Robert H. Crabtree, The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, →ISBN, page 41:
      High trans effect ligands such as H or CO labilize ligands that are trans to themselves.
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