hydrazinolysis

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noun

Cleavage (similar to hydrolysis) using a solution of hydrazine.

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Meanings

nounhydrazinolysis (countable and uncountable, plural hydrazinolyses)

plural hydrazinolyses

  1. countableuncountableCleavage (similar to hydrolysis) using a solution of hydrazine.

    The lipooligosaccharide was degraded both by mild hydrazinolysis (O -deacylation) and by acetic acid hydrolysis.

    2015 July 22, Angela Casillo et al., “Structural Investigation of the Oligosaccharide Portion Isolated from the Lipooligosaccharide of the Permafrost Psychrophile Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4”, in Marine Drugs, volume 13, →DOI

Origin

From hydrazine + -o- + -lysis.

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