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  • noun chemistry the normal allotrope of oxygen having two atoms per molecule
  • noun chemistry having two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

Etymologies

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di- +‎ oxygen

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Examples

  • If dioxygen is available, the recycling of NADH does not need the acetaldehyde-to-ethanol reduction.

    Evolution of alcohol synthesis - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • The power of the ordinary hydrogen gas in all its various forms has been multiplied threefold by a new dioxygen gas discovered at the Spandau government chemical laboratory.

    The Secrets of the German War Office Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves

  • Within the heme pocket the dioxygen molecule is stabilized by a hydrogen bonded network including TyrB10 and GlnE7.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • * Provides examples of molecular characterization by electrochemical methods in all subdivisions of chemistry, including dioxygen species, base metals, and nonmetals

    AvaxHome 2010

  • Role of nitric-oxide dioxygen - ase in the protection of aconitase.

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  • NADH: ferredoxin oxidoreductase, 2. an inter - mediate electron-transfer protein, or ferredoxin and 3. a terminal dioxygen - ase [4,7];,

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  • M.; Gibson, D.T.: Regio - and stereospecific oxidation of 9,10-di - hydroanthracene and 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene by naphthalene dioxygen - ase: structure and absolute stereochemistry of metabolites.

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  • The B10 tyrosine hydroxyl is essential for dioxygen binding and catalysis.

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  • To initiate combustion, energy is required to force dioxygen into a spin-paired state, or singlet oxygen.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • The lowest-energy configuration of the dioxygen molecule is a stable, relatively unreactive Bonding can be described with three bonding electron pairs and two antibonding spins are aligned, such that the molecule has nonzero total angular momentum.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

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