Definition
brominates
verb
- to introduce bromine into a chemical compound or substance
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- The chemist brominates the organic compound to create a new derivative.
- When you brominate benzene, you get bromobenzene as the primary product.
- The laboratory procedure brominates the sample using bromine water.
- Industrial processes often brominate hydrocarbons for pharmaceutical synthesis.
- The reaction brominates the double bond in the alkene molecule.