homolyse

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A form of homolyze — To undergo homolysis.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verbhomolyse (third-person singular simple present homolyses, present participle homolysing, simple past and past participle homolysed)

present singular third person homolyses · participle present homolysing · participle past homolysed · past homolysed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of homolyze.

    These are generally sufficient to homolyse metal–carbon bonds.

    2003, P. J. Craig, Organometallic Compounds in the Environment, →ISBN, page 17
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    There exists in the plasma of animals, both lower and higher classes, certain bodies which will agglutinate or agglutinate and homolyse the red blood cells of other individuals who are members of the same species.

    1919, Review of War Surgery and Medicine - Volume 2, page 83

    The intermediate 2,2,-dihydroxyethylcobalamin (cf. Scheme 24) could either homolyse to Cblᴵᴵ and a 2,2,-dihydroxyethyl radical or dehydrate to formylmethylcobalamin, which could homolyse to Cblᴵᴵ and formylmethyl radical.

    1979, Hugh Allen Oliver Hill, Inorganic Biochemistry - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 84
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