Abstraction (chemistry)

In chemistry, abstraction is when one molecule or ion takes an atom from another one. The atom may or may not have electric charge.[1]

Deprotonation is the abstraction of a hydrogen ion.

References

  1. ↑ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. (the "Gold Book") (2025). Online version: (2006–) "Abstraction". doi:10.1351/goldbook.A00045
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