carboxylate

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US/kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/

noun

Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.

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Meanings

carboxylate1

nouncarboxylate (plural carboxylates)

plural carboxylates

  1. chemistryAny salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.

    […] substitution of a carboxylate would be expected to destabilize the dritterionic mesomer that contributes to the singlet valence bond description as the benzyne geometry becomes more bicyclic.

    2003, Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 125, page 134

carboxylate2

verbcarboxylate (third-person singular simple present carboxylates, present participle carboxylating, simple past and past participle carboxylated)

present singular third person carboxylates · participle present carboxylating · participle past carboxylated · past carboxylated

  1. chemistryTo form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
  2. chemistryTo react with a carboxylic acid

Origin

carboxylate · noun

From carboxylic acid + -ate.

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carboxylate · verb

From carboxylic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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