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ACYLATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does acylation mean?

• ACYLATION (noun)
The noun ACYLATION has 1 sense:

1. the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound

Familiarity information: ACYLATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACYLATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The process of introducing an acyl group into a compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("acylation" is a kind of...):

chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acylation"):

acetylation (the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound)

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