Definition of Acetylize

1. Verb. Receive substitution of an acetyl group. "The compounds acetylated"

Exact synonyms: Acetylate, Acetylise
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Acetyl, Acetylation, Acetyl

2. Verb. Introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound).
Exact synonyms: Acetylate, Acetylise
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Acetyl, Acetylation, Acetyl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetylize

acetylglucosamine
acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase
acetylglucosamines
acetylglucosaminidase
acetylglucosaminidases
acetylglucosaminylglycopeptide
acetylglucosaminyltransferase
acetylglucosaminyltransferases
acetylhexosaminidase
acetylhydrolase
acetylic
acetylide
acetylides
acetylise
acetylisoquinoline
acetylize (current term)
acetyllactosamine
acetyllysine
acetyllysines
acetylmannosamine
acetylmannosaminyltransferase
acetylmethadol
acetylmethionine
acetylmorphone
acetylmuramic
acetylmuramic acid
acetylmuramidase
acetylmuramyl
acetylmuramyl-alanyl-isoglutamine
acetylneuraminic

Literary usage of Acetylize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"Attempts have been made to acetylize fibroin, but without success.* The following table gives the products of hydrolysis obtained from various kinds of ..."

2. The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann (1900)
"therefore suggests for judging the purity of the oil and for detecting the p¡. of rosemary oil. to acetylize the suspected oil, and to reject oils which ..."

3. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical, and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1904)
"Attempts have been made to acetylize fibroin, but without success. Fibroin is insoluble in ammonia and solutions of the alkaline carbonates; neither is it ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1898)
"Attempts to acetylize fibroin gave entirely negative results. NITRO-SILK.—Silk is acted on very peculiarly by dilute nitric acid. When immersed for about a ..."

5. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"... gives the percentage rf menthyl acetate. For details see USP, p. 296. Oil of Peppermint (menthol assay).—acetylize 10 mils of the oil by heating in M ..."

6. The Medical student's manual of chemistry by Rudolph August Witthaus (1906)
"COSH, is used to "acetylize." Certain precautions are necessary in applying acylation. The H of the groups NH, NH2 and SET are also replaceable by ..."

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