amine-cleaving
|a-mine-cleav-ing|
/əˈmiːn ˈkliːvɪŋ/
causing cleavage of amine groups
Etymology
'amine-cleaving' originates from 'Modern English', specifically the compound of the noun 'amine' and the present participle 'cleaving' (from the verb 'cleave'), where 'amine' ultimately derives from 'ammonia' with the chemical suffix '-ine' and 'cleav-' (from 'cleave') meant 'to split or separate'.
'amine' entered modern chemistry vocabulary in the 19th century from French 'amine' (coined from 'ammonia' + suffix '-ine'); 'cleave' comes from Old English 'clēofan' meaning 'to split'. These elements were combined in 20th-century chemical literature to form the descriptive compound 'amine-cleaving'.
Initially, 'amine' referred to substances related to ammonia and 'cleave' simply meant 'to split'; over time the compound came to specifically denote agents or processes that split or remove amine groups ('to break amine bonds').
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
present participle form used adjectivally of a notional verb 'to amine-cleave': performing the action of cleaving an amine.
An amine-cleaving enzyme was detected in the bacterial extract.
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Adjective 1
describing a reagent, process, or condition that causes or effects cleavage (bond breaking) of an amine group or amine-containing bond.
The researchers reported an amine-cleaving protocol that selectively removes the protecting group under mild conditions.
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