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dipolar aprotic solvent
A solvent with characteristically high polarity and low reactivity, that is, a solvent having a sizable permanent dipole moment that cannot donate labile hydrogen atoms to form strong hydrogen bonds; examples include acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide, and hexamethylphosphoric triamide.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Chemistry
- Category: Organic chemistry
- Company: McGraw-Hill
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