solvolysev.
/ˈsɒlvəʊlʌɪz/ Chemistry.
1. transitive. To bring about the solvolysis of (a solute); usually in passive.
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1916 Chem. Abstr. 10 2349 A table of salts is given which are ‘solvolyzed’ by C6H6.
1965 C. S. G. Phillips & R. J. P. Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xv. 569 In sulphuric acid nearly all inorganic salts are solvolysed in the dissolution process.
1977 Lancet 24 Dec. 1298/1 The bile samples are solvolysed (which ensures that bile-acid sulphate esters are included), and individual acids were measured by gas chromatography.
2. intransitive. To undergo solvolysis.
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1921 Jrnl. Physical Chem. 25 550 Lead chromate solvolyzes.
1974 Nature 19 Apr. 671/1 Tosylate..solvolysed in formic acid at 75°C to give an olefin as the major product.
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