protonated
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In sterically hindered amines, as in the case of trimethylamine, the protonated form is not well-solvated.
Instead, solutions of silicates are usually observed as mixtures of condensed and partially protonated silicate clusters.
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.