acylatev.
/ˈasᵻleɪt/, /ˈeɪsʌɪleɪt/, U.S. /ˈæsəˌleɪt/ Chemistry.
transitive. To introduce an acyl group into (a molecule or compound).Earliest as the gerund or verbal noun.
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1889 Proc. Amer. Pharmaceut. Assoc. 37 705 The author [sc. C. Liebermann] proposes for the process of synthetically adding acid-radicals the expression of ‘acylating’, just as in the introduction of alcohol-radicals the designation ‘alkylating’ is generally used.
1901 U.S. Patent 690,332 1/1 It usually happens that upon acylating indoxylic acid the acyl derivatives of indoxylic acid and indoxyl are obtained in one operation.
1977 J. March Adv. Org. Chem. (ed. 2) x. 362 Alcohols can also be acylated by mixed organic-inorganic anhydrides.
2010 Life Sci. Weekly (Nexis) 28 Sept. 5313 Either of the two aroyl groups may acylate the enzyme to form two different inert acyl-enzymes.
Derivatives
ˈacylated adj.
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1898 Amer. Chem. Jrnl. 20 1 (title) On salts of nitroparaffins and acylated derivatives of hydroxylamine.
1937 A. G. Norman Biochem. Cellulose vi. 162 Very extensive studies of methylated and acylated derivatives of lignin..have enabled estimates of the unit molecule of lignin to be formed.
2004 Sci. Amer. Feb. 23/2 Gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa use different versions of AHL molecules (acylated homoserine lactones).
ˈacylating adj.
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1905 Amer. Chem. Jrnl. 34 233 (heading) Action of acylating agents on camphoformene derivatives.
1968 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 39 187/2 The specific activity of the acylating enzyme in the mitochondrial fraction was lower.
2007 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104 1471/2 Great dependence of the reaction was observed on solvents, metal salts, acylating reagents, and bases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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