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  • noun chemistry Any chemical reaction in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by one of a metal

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  • A significant reduction (UNINTELLIGIBLE) associated with reduced metalation (ph).

    CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2001 2001

  • I suppose the biggest gaps in my record are the RCM (soon to be filled) and the directed metalation (unless I can think of one that I've blocked from my memory somehow).

    In the Pipeline 2009

  • And when I think about it, there are quite a few other reactions in that category for me. directed ortho-metalation.

    In the Pipeline 2009

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