tosylate

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noun

Any salt or ester of toluenesulfonic acid

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nountosylate (plural tosylates)

plural tosylates

  1. chemistryAny salt or ester of toluenesulfonic acid
verbtosylate (third-person singular simple present tosylates, present participle tosylating, simple past and past participle tosylated)

present singular third person tosylates · participle present tosylating · participle past tosylated · past tosylated

  1. chemistryTo modify by the addition of one or more tosyl groups
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tosylate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tosylate.

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