dehydrogenation Chem.
(diːhaɪˌdrɒdʒɪˈneɪʃən)
[f. dehydrogenate v.: see -ation.]
The removal or loss of one or more atoms of hydrogen from a compound; = dehydrogenization.
| 1866 Odling Anim. Chem. 129 The oxidation or dehydrogenation of uric acid. 1950 Sci. News XV. 69 Such dehydrogenation reactions frequently occur at catalytic surfaces. 1956 Nature 17 Mar. 512/2 The structure of methyl lineolate dimer investigated by a dehydrogenation-oxidation procedure. 1964 N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. vi. 92 At high temperatures and in the presence of suitable catalysts, paraffins lose two atoms of hydrogen from adjacent carbons, with the production of a double bond and a molecule of gaseous hydrogen; such a process is known as ‘dehydrogenation’. |