acetylation

See also: acétylation

English

Etymology

From acetylate +‎ -ion.

Noun

acetylation (plural acetylations)

2. (organic chemistry) The reaction of a substance with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more acetyl groups into a substance.

Synonyms

• ethanoylation

Derived terms

• aminoacetylation
• autoacetylation
• deacetylation
• desacetylation
• diacetylation
• hyperacetylation
• hypoacetylation
• monoacetylation
• multiacetylation
• nonacetylation
• pentaacetylation
• peracetylation
• phosphoacetylation
• preacetylation
• reacetylation
• transacetylation
• underacetylation

 

Related terms

• acetylate

Translations

reaction of a substance with acetic acid

• Finnish: asetylaatio
• Icelandic: asetýling f
• Japanese: アセチル化 (アセチルか, asechiruka)
• Kazakh: ацетилдеу (asetildeu)
• Polish: acetylacja f, acetylowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: acetilação f
• Russian: ацетилирование (ru) f (acetilirovanije)

See also

• acetylation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acetyl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia