Alkylate is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Alkylate meaning
To add one or more alkyl groups to a compound, especially by reacting with an alkylating agent
Using Alkylate
- The main meaning on this page is: To add one or more alkyl groups to a compound, especially by reacting with an alkylating agent
Context around Alkylate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Alkylate
- In this selection, "alkylate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, commonly, gasoline and dna stand out and add context to how "alkylate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ability to alkylate dna but and gasoline and alkylate gasoline to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "alkylate" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with alkylate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These compounds have a similar ability to alkylate DNA, but their physical properties, e.g. melting points, may vary. (19 words)
The nitrogen mustards most commonly alkylate the N7 nitrogen of guanine (as shown here) but other atoms can be alkylated. (20 words)
Such regulations led to increasing preference for high octane pure paraffin (alkane) components, such as alkylate, and is forcing refineries to add processing units to reduce benzene content. (28 words)
The resolution, penned by Associate Justice Juanito Castaneda, Jr., also ignored the position of Petron that the importation of alkylate is tax exempt as it was not mentioned in Section 148(e) of the Tax Code as among the items subject to the said tax. (45 words)
Iranian tankers carried 1.53 million barrels of gasoline and alkylate gasoline to Venezuelan shores, in the most significant display yet of open defiance of sanctions, amid a regular flow of supplies, technicians, businesspeople and officials. (36 words)
Such regulations led to increasing preference for high octane pure paraffin (alkane) components, such as alkylate, and is forcing refineries to add processing units to reduce benzene content. (28 words)
Example sentences (5)
Iranian tankers carried 1.53 million barrels of gasoline and alkylate gasoline to Venezuelan shores, in the most significant display yet of open defiance of sanctions, amid a regular flow of supplies, technicians, businesspeople and officials.
The resolution, penned by Associate Justice Juanito Castaneda, Jr., also ignored the position of Petron that the importation of alkylate is tax exempt as it was not mentioned in Section 148(e) of the Tax Code as among the items subject to the said tax.
Such regulations led to increasing preference for high octane pure paraffin (alkane) components, such as alkylate, and is forcing refineries to add processing units to reduce benzene content.
The nitrogen mustards most commonly alkylate the N7 nitrogen of guanine (as shown here) but other atoms can be alkylated.
These compounds have a similar ability to alkylate DNA, but their physical properties, e.g. melting points, may vary.