Definition of "dehydrogenation" [de•hy•dro•gen•a•tion]

• Any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones (noun)

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• "The simplest type of oxidation reaction is dehydrogenation, that is the removal of hydrogen from the molecule."
• "At that time, however, it was commonly believed that expressing the cDNA in living organisms would not produce fluorescent GFP, because the formation of its chromophore requires the reactions of condensation and dehydrogenation that are not expected to occur spontaneously."
• "The award to Wieland was primarily for his investigations of bile acids, whereas Windaus was recognized mainly for his work on cholesterol and his demonstration of the steroid nature of vitamin D. Wieland had already in 1912, before his prize-winning work, formulated a theory for biological oxidation, according to which removal of hydrogen (dehydrogenation) rather than reaction with oxygen is the dominating process."