deprotonation

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deprotonation

noun deprotonations

countable, uncountable 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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noun removal of a proton

Deutsch	Deprotonierung
Italiano	deprotonazione

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@misc{deprotonation_2026,
  title = {deprotonation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deprotonation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}