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hydroformylation

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hy⋅dro⋅for⋅myl⋅a⋅tion

  [hahy-druh-fawr-muh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
the addition of a hydrogen atom and the formyl group to a double bond of a hydrocarbon by reaction with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
Origin:
1945–50; hydro- 2 + formyl + -ation
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