acetylationn.
/əˈsɛtᵻleɪʃn/, /əˈsɛtl̩eɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌsɛdlˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ Chemistry.
The introduction of one or more acetyl groups into a compound or molecule; an instance of this.
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1876 Chem. News 12 May 198/2 If we deprived these groups of their salt-forming properties, by acetylation for instance, the substances so treated lost their colouring properties.
1908 Ann. Rep. Chem. Soc. 5 83 Many experiments on the..acetylation of amino-groups have also been made.
1946 Nature 19 Oct. 553/2 Believing that the usual methods of acetylation give degraded products, Wassermann has attempted to acetylate alginic acid with ketene.
1987 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 105 127/2 These results argue strongly that two distinct, biologically important histone acetylations..are carried out by a single acetyltransferase.
2005 C. E. Falco et al. Gulf War & Health III. ix. 351 Hydrazine undergoes acetylation and can react with cellular molecules in vivo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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