carboxylate
US/kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/
carboxylate noun: any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
Noun
carboxylate (plural carboxylates)
- Any 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
Verb
carboxylate (third-person singular simple present carboxylates, present participle carboxylating, simple past and past participle carboxylated)
- To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
- To react with a carboxylic acid
Forms of carboxylate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | carboxylates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | carboxylates |
| present participle | carboxylating |
| past participle | carboxylated |
| past | carboxylated |
Origin of carboxylate
From carboxylic acid + -ate.
From carboxylic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words formed from carboxylate
- arfendazam
- articaine
- -azepate
- bromocarboxylate
- capecitabine
- carbimazole
- carfentanil
- cinoxolone
- cyanocarboxylate
- diphenoxylate
- etomidate
- heptacarboxylate
- ketocarboxylate
- methotrexate
- monocarboxylate
- oxocarboxylate
- pentacarboxylate
- polycarboxylate
- prednicarbate
- thiocarboxylate
- tricarboxylate
- decarboxylate
Questions about carboxylate
- What does carboxylate mean?
- Carboxylate means any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
- What part of speech is carboxylate?
- Carboxylate can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce carboxylate?
- Carboxylate is pronounced /kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/ (US).
- What is the plural of carboxylate?
- The plural of carboxylate is carboxylates.
Words near carboxylate in the dictionary
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