dealkylate (English, verb)
expansion: dealkylate (third-person singular simple present dealkylates, present participle dealkylating, simple past and past participle dealkylated)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove alkyl groups from (a compound), especially as part of the oil refining process.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: dealkylates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dealkylating
tags: participle
present
form: dealkylated
tags: participle
past
form: dealkylated
tags: past