hydroboration

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noun

The production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.

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Meanings

nounhydroboration (countable and uncountable, plural hydroborations)

plural hydroborations

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.

Origin

From hydro- + boration.

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APA

hydroboration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroboration

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“hydroboration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroboration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydroboration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroboration.

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