Definition of Epoxidation

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide ¹

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Definition of Epoxidation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epoxidation

epopees
epopoeia
epopoeias
epoprostenol
epopt
epopteia
epopteias
epopts
epos
eposes
epotation
epotations
epothilone
epothilones
epoxidation (current term)
epoxidations
epoxide
epoxide hydrolases
epoxides
epoxidize
epoxidized
epoxidizes
epoxidizing
epoxied
epoxies
epoxy
epoxy glue
epoxy resin
epoxy resins

Literary usage of Epoxidation

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The epoxidation of XI was complicated by adverse steric and electronic factors, and no precedent exists for epoxidation of a double bond so substituted. ..."

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