transitive verb

• Remove a hydrogen atom or atoms from (a compound)

  as adjective dehydrogenated ‘a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisone’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Alcohol dehydrogenase is an enzyme that takes a hydrogen atom from (dehydrogenates) an alcohol molecule.’
  • ‘Addition of ethylene, through a Friedel-Crafts alkylation, to benzene affords ethylbenzene, which can be dehydrogenated to give styrene.’
  • ‘Carbon dioxide is formed when formic acid is dehydrogenated.’
  • ‘Scientists found more dehydrogenates in Chinese livers than westerners through studies of intoxicated people from various countries.’
  • ‘Because lignins are complex polymers, and no standard composition can be defined, calculations were based on end products being the dehydrogenated residues of the three main monolignols.’