Definitions
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- verb chemistry To add one or more
protons to a molecule, ion or radical.
Etymologies
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proton + -ate
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Examples
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Of these, Magic Acid® and H: SbF5 are so strong that they can completely protonate alcohols and olefines, thus giving carbocations in high concentrations.
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Superacids are so strong that they can protonate such extremely weak bases as the alkanes, as was shown by Olah and independently by H. Hogeveen.
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Glu431 is conserved among GMPRs, suggesting that the Thr321 pathway has a crucial function in this reaction, perhaps operating in the reverse to protonate the ammonia leaving group.
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Glu431 is conserved among GMPRs, suggesting that the Thr321 pathway has a crucial function in this reaction, perhaps operating in the reverse to protonate the ammonia leaving group.
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