noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
nitration
Chemical term for introducing a nitro group into a compound. Used as a noun or with する for the process.
ベンゼンをニトロ化するとニトロベンゼンが得られる。
Nitrating benzene yields nitrobenzene.
この反応はニトロ化と呼ばれる。
This reaction is called nitration.
Compound of ニトロ (nitro) + 化 (-ization). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with chemical nitration.