metathesis in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for metathesis in the English»French Dictionary

metathesis [Brit mɪˈtaθɪsɪs, Am məˈtæθəsəs] N (all contexts)

metathesis

métathèse f

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métathèse

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For example, lead azide, used in detonators, may be prepared from the metathesis reaction between lead nitrate and sodium azide.

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Cross metathesis can also take place, in which, for example methane and propane molecules react to give two molecules of ethane.

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The metathesis reaction of the monomer involves the severance of the two double bonds in favor of new bonds.

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The metallasilsesquioxanes complex with tungsten has even been recently used for ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene.

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Although rhenium pentachloride has no commercial applications, it is of historic significance as one of the early catalysts for olefin metathesis.

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A variant of this method is known as solid state metathesis (SSM).

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Chemists began performing metathesis in the 1950s without knowing exactly how the reaction worked.

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Numerous applications for alkane metathesis involving petrochemicals and fuels can be envisaged.

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There are also reversals: metathesis in paleography and chromosomal transpositions in genetics.

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Approaches to this synthesis are diverse, and include central steps such as annululation, olefin metathesis, radical cyclization, and trapping reactions.

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