How do you use Protonated in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Protonated in a sentence
Protonated meaning
simple past and past participle of protonate
Using Protonated
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of protonate
- In the example corpus, protonated often appears in combinations such as: is protonated, protonated the, protonated form.
Context around Protonated
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Protonated
- In this selection, "protonated" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, partially, produces, form, hydroxyl and silicate stand out and add context to how "protonated" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 3 is protonated the hemoglobin and acid produces protonated nitric acid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "protonated" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with protonated
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The solvation of protonated amines changes upon their conversion to ammonium compounds. (12 words)
For example, a protonated hydroxyl group is an oxonium ion, but not a hydronium. (14 words)
In an acid environment, the inactive drug is protonated and rearranges into its active form. (15 words)
Penicillin can protect itself from spontaneous hydrolysis in the body in its anionic form, while storing its potential as a strong acylating agent, activated only upon approach to the target transpeptidase enzyme and protonated in the active centre. (38 words)
Many biologically important molecules, including a number of pharmaceutical agents, are organic weak acids which can cross the membrane in their protonated, uncharged form but not in their charged form (i.e. as the conjugate base). (36 words)
The approximate dividing line between dominance by protonated forms or by the unprotonated form is a pH of 8. At pH 8, the two fractions are present in equal parts. (30 words)
Example sentences (16)
For example, a protonated hydroxyl group is an oxonium ion, but not a hydronium.
If superoxide ion associated to Fe 3+ is protonated, the hemoglobin iron will remain oxidized and incapable of binding oxygen.
In an acid environment, the inactive drug is protonated and rearranges into its active form.
In general, as a molecule becomes more protonated, the ionization potentials increase and the kinetic energy of the emitted outer shell electrons decreases.
In lower-pH (more acidic) solutions, there is a high enough H + concentration in the solution to cause the acid to remain in its protonated form.
In other words, α-amino groups (NH 2 −) can be protonated to become positive α-ammonium groups ( + NH 3 −).
Instead, solutions of silicates are usually observed as mixtures of condensed and partially protonated silicate clusters.
In sterically hindered amines, as in the case of trimethylamine, the protonated form is not well-solvated.
Likewise, all bases with a pK a value larger than the upper limit are more than 99% protonated at all attainable pH values and are classified as strong bases.
Many biologically important molecules, including a number of pharmaceutical agents, are organic weak acids which can cross the membrane in their protonated, uncharged form but not in their charged form (i.e. as the conjugate base).
Penicillin can protect itself from spontaneous hydrolysis in the body in its anionic form, while storing its potential as a strong acylating agent, activated only upon approach to the target transpeptidase enzyme and protonated in the active centre.
The approximate dividing line between dominance by protonated forms or by the unprotonated form is a pH of 8. At pH 8, the two fractions are present in equal parts.
The method is effective for generating symmetrical ethers, but not unsymmetrical ethers, since either OH can be protonated, which would give a mixture of products.
The pK a value for protonated pyrimidine is 1.23 compared to 5.30 for pyridine.
The solvation of protonated amines changes upon their conversion to ammonium compounds.
The sulfuric acid produces protonated nitric acid species, which are attacked by glycerol's nucleophilic oxygen atoms.
Common combinations with protonated
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is protonated 2×
- protonated the 2×
- protonated form 2×
- be protonated 2×