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  • noun chemistry the addition of a proton (hydrogen ion) to an atom, molecule or ion, normally to generate a cation

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  • If they do various amount of extra work charge calculation, protonation, etc. that makes the speed comparison rather pointless.

    Who says Java is not fast?!? Egon Willighagen 2008

  • A superacid for protonation of alkanes can be made from hydrofluoric acid, HF, a strong Brønsted acid.

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994 1994

  • The protonation of saturated hydrocarbons in superacidic media has, through Olah's work, already had practical consequences.

    Press Release: The 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994

  • · Generation of protonation diagrams and distribution curves of the equilibrium species of acids and bases as a function of pH as well as vs. volume of titrant.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010

  • · Generation of protonation diagrams and distribution curves of the equilibrium species of acids and bases as a function of pH as well as vs. volume of titrant.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010

  • · Generation of protonation diagrams and distribution curves of the equilibrium species of acids and bases as a function of pH as well as vs. volume of titrant.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010

  • Later on the oxazolinium ion intermediate was hydrolyzed, leading to protonation of Glu144 and rotation of Asp142, which shares a proton with Asp140

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hai Li et al. 2010

  • We also show that an active site cysteine is important for catalysis, likely in the protonation of uracil during tRNA reduction.

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue 2009

  • The protonation states of the membrane-embedded residues are assumed to remain unchanged.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • The charges of the ionized groups were assigned assuming standard amino acid protonation state at pH 7.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Guojiang Chen et al. 2009

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