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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To add one or more butyl groups to (a compound).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb to introduce the butyl group into (a chemical compound).

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  • verb organic chemistry To react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule

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  • verb introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound

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