Definition of Hydrogenate

1. Verb. Combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).

Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Antonyms: Dehydrogenate
Derivative terms: Hydrogen, Hydrogenation

Definition of Hydrogenate

1. v. t. To hydrogenize.

Definition of Hydrogenate

1. Verb. (chemistry) (transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydrogenate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Medical Definition of Hydrogenate

1. To hydrogenize. Origin: Hydrogenated; Hydrogenating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrogenate

hydrogen spectrum
hydrogen station
hydrogen sulfate
hydrogen sulfide
hydrogen sulfite
hydrogen sulphate
hydrogen sulphide
hydrogen sulphite
hydrogen telluride
hydrogen transport
hydrogen vehicle
hydrogen vehicles
hydrogen warhead
hydrogenase
hydrogenases
hydrogenate (current term)
hydrogenated
hydrogenates
hydrogenating
hydrogenation
hydrogenations
hydrogenative
hydrogenator
hydrogenators
hydrogenetted
hydrogenian
hydrogenic
hydrogenide
hydrogenides
hydrogeniferous

Literary usage of Hydrogenate

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

1. Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels by Carleton Ellis, Joseph V. Meigs (1921)
"CHAPTER XVIII CRACKING IN THE PRESENCE OF HYDROGEN, HYDROCARBON AND OTHER GASES' Attempts to hydrogenate Unsaturated Naphtha and Higher Boiling Oils, ..."

2. The Hydrogenation of Oils: Catalyzers and Catalysis and the Generation of by Carleton Ellis (1914)
"Unquestionably hydrogenated or hardened oil has taken its place in the oil market as a staple product. A REVIEW OF THE ART.fi Many attempts to hydrogenate ..."

3. The Hydrogenation of Oils, Catalyzers Nad Catalysis and the Eneration of by Carleton Ellis (1919)
"Unquestionably hydrogenated or hardened oil has taken its place in the oil market as a staple product. A REVIEW OF THE ART.Jt Many attempts to hydrogenate ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemical Terms by James Fitton Couch (1920)
"One gram of hydrogen at STP occupies 1I.117 liters. hydrogenate. ... To cause to combine with hydrogen, as to hydrogenate oils which contain fats derived ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... are found to hydrogenate rapidly only when the double bond is terminal. Hydrogénation of hexadiene and pentadiene isomers has shown that reduction does ..."

6. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
"... to hydrogenate the olefines by placing a catalyst, such as platinum or palladium, in the still, but this process is not being operated for obvious ..."

7. Catalysis in Organic Chemistryby Paul Sabatier by Paul Sabatier (1922)
"Nickel reduced at a red heat below 700° is capable of effecting all sorts of hydrogenations and in particular can hydrogenate benzene to cyclohexane;10 but ..."

8. Elementary Principles of Chemistry by Raymond Bedell Brownlee, Robert Warren Fuller, William J. Hancock, Michael Druck Sohon, Jesse Elon Whitsit (1921)
"Why is it possible to hydrogenate olein and not possible to hydrogenate stearin? 20. Why is the hydrogenation of oils of great economic importance ? 21. ..."

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