Definition of Protonate

1. Verb. (chemistry) To add one or more protons to a molecule, ion or radical. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Protonate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protonate

protomerites
protomers
protometabolism
protominimalist
protomitochondrion
protomodern
protomorphic
proton
proton accelerator
proton magnetic resonance
proton number
proton numbers
proton pump
proton pumps
protonatable
protonate (current term)
protonated
protonates
protonating
protonation
protonations
protonema
protonemal
protonemata
protonematal
protoneutron
protoneutron star
protoneutron stars
protonic
protonium

Literary usage of Protonate

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)
"Among other observations 16 was found to protonate at the position adjacent to the nitrogen atom about three times faster than at the position removed from ..."

2. Asbestos: Selected Cancers by Institute of Medicine (U. S.) (2006)
"Ultimately, the sites become silanol groups (Si-OH) that will protonate or deprotonate in response to pH. Indeed, many surface oxygens will function ..."

3. Review Of Fluoride: Benefits And Risks. Report Of The Ad Hoc Subcommittee On by DIANE Publishing Company (1992)
"Since soluble ionic fluorides dissociate to release free F in solution and protonate to form HF in the acid milieu of the gastrointestinal tract, ..."

4. Modelling in Aquatic Chemistry by Ingmar Grenthe, Ignasi Puigdomenech, Bert Allard (1997)
"These groups can protonate, de-protonate, undergo ligand exchange with dissolved species or bind metal ions through formation of surface hydrolysis species. ..."

5. Cigars: Health Effects and Trends by Donald Shopland (1999)
"Morie, GP Fractions of protonate and unprotonated nicotine in tobacco smoke at various pH. Tobacco Science 16: p. 76, 1972. ..."

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