semihydrogenation

noun

The reduction of alkynes to alkenes.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

nounsemihydrogenation (plural semihydrogenations)

plural semihydrogenations · alternative semi-hydrogenation

  1. The reduction of alkynes to alkenes.
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