ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Quaternarization

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Quaternarization is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) Any reaction in which a tertiary amine is converted to a quaternary ammonium compound.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which a tertiary amine is converted to a quaternary ammonium compound.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quaternation, quaternium, tetraalkylammonium, quaternary, tetrahexylammonium, quat.

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