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  • noun chemistry The removal of a proton (hydrogen ion) from a molecule to form a conjugate base

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  • The droplet leaches its acid into the surrounding solution, losing hydrogen ions in a process known as deprotonation - a process that affects the surface tension of the droplet itself.

    Signs of the Times 2010

  • The droplet leaches its acid into the surrounding solution, losing hydrogen ions in a process known as deprotonation - a process that affects the surface tension of the droplet itself.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Those tiny pH differences affect the amount of deprotonation that happens at the front and rear of the droplet, and this asymmetry sets up a surface tension gradient that forces the droplet into motion.

    Signs of the Times 2010

  • Those tiny pH differences affect the amount of deprotonation that happens at the front and rear of the droplet, and this asymmetry sets up a surface tension gradient that forces the droplet into motion.

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • Those tiny pH differences affect the amount of deprotonation that happens at the front and rear of the droplet, and this asymmetry sets up a surface tension gradient that forces the droplet into motion.

    Signs of the Times 2010

  • The formation of a secondary alcohol via reduction and hydration is shown: Reactions Deprotonation Alcohols can behave as weak acids, undergoing deprotonation.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • When a Brönsted-Lowry acid goes through deprotonation

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Two recent articles published by Baker's team in collaboration with several other leading protein research groups reveal exciting early progress on this front, including the successful design of a novel enzyme that catalyzes the Kemp elimination, a chemical reaction involving the deprotonation of a carbon atom.

    SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009

  • Two recent articles published by Baker's team in collaboration with several other leading protein research groups reveal exciting early progress on this front, including the successful design of a novel enzyme that catalyzes the Kemp elimination, a chemical reaction involving the deprotonation of a carbon atom.

    SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009

  • Two recent articles published by Baker's team in collaboration with several other leading protein research groups reveal exciting early progress on this front, including the successful design of a novel enzyme that catalyzes the Kemp elimination, a chemical reaction involving the deprotonation of a carbon atom.

    SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009

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