Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of introducing an alkyl in place of hydrogen.
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- noun organic chemistry Any
reaction in which analkyl group is added to amolecule ; used in the production of high-octane petroleum fuels.
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Examples
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Solid acid alkylation processes are emerging that would eliminate the danger of a catastrophic release.
Elizabeth Hitchcock: In The Public Interest : Worst Case Scenarios Really Happen 2010
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Solid acid alkylation processes are emerging that would eliminate the danger of a catastrophic release.
Elizabeth Hitchcock: In The Public Interest: Worst Case Scenarios Really Happen Elizabeth Hitchcock 2010
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RIL, which has started up an alkylation plant at its new refinery, is also likely to begin producing Euro V grade gasoline with 10 parts per million Friday or Saturday, one of the traders said.
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Hydrocracking produces relatively large amounts of isobutane for alkylation feedstock.
Cracking 2008
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Single bases in DNA can be chemically mutated, for example by deamination or alkylation, resulting in incorrect base-pairing, and consequently, mutations in the DNA.
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Oh, heck, I'm not picking on Wal Mart - Jeannie operating the alkylation unit at Lyondell Petrochemical if you think I'm being sexist, etc.
"There is no going back to a world where we can assume that marriage is the main institution that organizes people's lives." Ann Althouse 2007
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One of the olefinic bonds in isoprene also has a methyl group associated with it, and this alkylation alters the electron distribution of the double bond and makes it more reactive.
Archive 2007-08-01 James Killus 2007
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One of the olefinic bonds in isoprene also has a methyl group associated with it, and this alkylation alters the electron distribution of the double bond and makes it more reactive.
Isoprene James Killus 2007
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This is carried out by chemical and petrochemical industries in processes such as isomerization, alkylation homologation, etc.
Hydrocarbons for the 21st Century - The Work of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute 1999
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Isomerization and alkylation of saturated hydrocarbons to provide high octane gasoline are of particularly great importance in the petroleum industry.
Hydrocarbons for the 21st Century - The Work of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute 1999
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