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  • combustion

    TITLE: combustion
    SECTION: Special aspects
  • elimination reaction

    TITLE: elimination reaction
    ...is known as dehalogenation. Similarly, the elimination of a water molecule, usually from an alcohol, is known as dehydration; when both leaving atoms are hydrogen atoms, the reaction is known as dehydrogenation. Elimination reactions are also classified as E1 or E2, depending on the reaction kinetics. In an E1 reaction, the reaction rate is proportional to the concentration of the substance...
  • metabolism role

    TITLE: metabolism
    SECTION: The nature of the respiratory chain
    Most oxidizable catabolic intermediates initially undergo a dehydrogenation reaction, during which a dehydrogenase enzyme transfers the equivalent of a hydride ion (H + + 2 e -, with e - representing an electron) to its coenzyme, either NAD + or NADP +. The reduced NAD + (or NADP +) thus produced (usually written...
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