1. to introduce bromine into a chemical compound or substance
Usage: chemistry; technical

Examples

• The chemist brominates the organic compound to create a new derivative.
• When you brominate benzene, you get bromobenzene as the primary product.
• The laboratory procedure brominates the sample using bromine water.
• Industrial processes often brominate hydrocarbons for pharmaceutical synthesis.
• The reaction brominates the double bond in the alkene molecule.