carbonylationn.
/kɑːˌbɒnᵻˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /kɑrˌbɑnəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Chemistry.
The introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound.
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1938 J. J. Pele U.S. Patent 2,110,816 2/1 An improved method for the catalytic carbonylation of aliphatic and cyclic saturated hydrocarbons for the production of..saturated alcohols.
1949 J. W. Copenhaver & M. H. Bigelow Acetylene & Carbon Monoxide Chem. vi. 247 The reaction product in many carbonylation reactions was actually a carboxylic acid.
1984 J. Pennington Introd. Industr. Chem. ix. 351 Halcon have now developed a process..for the carbonylation of methyl acetate (or dimethyl ether) to acetic anhydride.
2002 J. Cohen & I. Stewart Evolving Alien iv. 80 The key step, the formation of pyruvic acid by a process called ‘double carbonylation’, occurs at high pressures and has not been observed in existing metabolisms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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