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Meaning of metathetical in English:

metathetical

Pronunciation /mɛtəˈθɛtɪk(ə)l/

adjective

See metathesis

‘The metathetical process to generate isocyanates allows also for facile formation of sterically demanding aryl isocyanide, by a deoxygenation route.’
  • ‘Now it is certainly possible to rig up such a metathetical reaction where the ions change partners and both precipitate!’
  • ‘Furthermore, we have found that the throughput for the process is improved when an ammonium salt is used for the metathetical second step of the process.’
  • ‘Both thermal (in solid state) and metathetical polymerization (using WCl6 / tetramethyltin catalyst and chlorobenzene solvent) of bisnadimides was carried out.’
  • ‘Methanol extraction of the as-synthesized nanocrystals from the metathetical reaction of GaCl3 with (Na / K) 3As resulted in surface derivatization of the nanoparticles in which methanol capped GaAs quantum dots were obtained.’