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  • noun chemistry Any reaction that introduces a carbonyl group into a compound, especially by reaction with carbon monoxide

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  • Several major forms of oxidative modifications can occur on amino acid residue side chains, including carbonylation, nitrosylation, and oxidation of methionine to methionine sulfoxide

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Franco Folli et al. 2010

  • The understanding of many important chemistries is being advanced by the use of ReactIR ™ because it provides detailed information about key reactive species and their concentrations under a range of challenging environments including organometallic, polymer, hydroformylation, carbonylation and hydrogenation chemistries, among others.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2009

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