decarbonylate

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English

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Etymology

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de- +‎ carbonylate

Verb

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decarbonylate (third-person singular simple present decarbonylates, present participle decarbonylating, simple past and past participle decarbonylated)

  1. (organic chemistry) To remove one or more carbonyl groups from a molecule
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