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How to pronounce reagent
IPA transcription: [ɹi'eɪdʒənt]
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Noun
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a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions
Usage examples
- Lawesson's reagent has a four membered ring of alternating sulfur and phosphorus atoms.
- The general format for the reagent is shown on the right.
- Primary alcohols do not react appreciably with Lucas reagent at room temperature.
- For example, polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies can be generated for use as reagents.
- They are becoming critical reagents both for basic research and for clinical diagnosis.
- Otherwise the salt is useful as a reagent in organic synthesis.
- Benzene is then the limiting reagent.
- Scandium triflate is used as a reagent in organic chemistry as a Lewis acid.
- It causes the marquis reagent to go yellow through to black.
- It is a strong fluorination reagent.