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(chemistry) A transitional structure, in an energetically excited state, that forms between the reactants of a chemical reaction and breaks down to form the products
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The interconversion of allomeric forms
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A type of pasta developed to investigate ring-shaped polymers.
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Alternative form of anomerization [(organic chemistry) conversion to an anomer]
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(chemistry) Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to opposite faces of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment
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(chemistry) isomerism as a result of restricted rotation about a single bond
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(chemistry) A form of redox in which some of a reactant is oxidized and some of the same reactant is reduced
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(chemistry) The intercalation of two or more materials
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(chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
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Synonym of coordination compound
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(chemistry) The relative ability to form a chemical complex
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(chemistry) A substance that readily forms complexes with molecules or ions (of a specified kind).
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A chemical substance that is used for complexing.
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Alternative form of complexability [(chemistry) The relative ability to form a chemical complex]
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(chemistry, of a polymer) Having links between adjacent chains.
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(organic chemistry, biochemistry) Mutual ligation between two entities, especially two chromosomes
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Alternative spelling of cross-link [(chemistry) To join polymer chains together to form one single molecule. An object made from a crosslinked material contains only one supergiant molecule. Crosslinking may take place through covalent bonds or ionic bonds]
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Any structure that forms a crosslink.
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) From which the phlogiston has been removed
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From which tartrates have been reduced or removed through a detartration process.
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(molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
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(chemistry) inclusion in a clathrate compound
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(chemistry, transitive) To introduce fluorine into a compound.
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(chemistry) To form a graft polymer
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(rare) Modification to a helicoid form
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(chemistry) The formation of a heterocomplex
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Alternative spelling of homochiralization [The act or process of producing homochirality]
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(chemistry) That intercalates
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(chemistry) a crystalline solid consisting of a host lattice containing voids into which guest atoms or molecules are inserted
adj
(chemistry) Between ligands
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(chemistry) A form of tautomerism involving the movement or redistribution of charges
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(chemistry) Able to undergo isomerization
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The reversible transformation between isotropic forms.
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(chemistry) The formation of micelles
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(chemistry, physics) Conversion into a molecule (or into molecular form).
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(chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer to form monomers; the reverse process to polymerization.
adj
(chemistry) that involves multiple reactions, typically in which a product of one is a reactant in the next
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Any of various processes in which nitric acid is used to break down sludge or similar waste products
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(chemistry) The photoinduced formation of a covalent bond between two macromolecules or between two different parts of one macromolecule.
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(chemistry) A form of phototautomerization leading to the production of enols
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Alternative spelling of photoisomerization [(chemistry) The formation of isomers via photoexcitation]
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(chemistry) The formation of isomers via photoexcitation
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(biochemistry) phytochemical chelation
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(chemistry) To react something to form a polycondensate.
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(chemistry) the formation of a complex prior to another reaction
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(chemistry) A form of stereoisomerization that appears to have been produced by rotation of a molecule
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The deformation of a trigonal planar molecule into a tetrahedral arrangement.
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(chemistry) a racemic mixture
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(chemistry) The formation of a racemate from a pure enantiomer.
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(chemistry) The formation of a radiocomplex
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A method of producing a ligand-protein complex
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Alternative form of rotamerization [(chemistry) The process, or the result of rotamerizing]
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(chemistry) To form such a complex upon solution
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A complex of a substance and its solvent
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(chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
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