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Meaning of bathophenanthroline | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The heterocycle 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent

countable, uncountable

Examples

“A water-soluble palladium(II) bathophenanthroline complex is a stable recyclable catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of a wide range of alcohols to aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids in a biphasic water-alcohol system.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

bathophobia bathorhodopsin bathorse Bathos bathoses Bathou