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  • noun organic chemistry Any methylation reaction in which very many, or all possible sites are methylated

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  • The glycoside was converted to the hexaacetyl derivative, while permethylation only gave the tetramethyl ether, due to steric hindrance of one phenolic hydroxyl group by the sugar moiety.

    Chapter 7 1991

  • The reaction products were lyophilized overnight, and then submitted to MALDI-TOF for analysis after permethylation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael D. L. Suits et al. 2010

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