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tosylate

tosylate noun: any salt or ester of toluenesulfonic acid.

Noun

tosylate (plural tosylates)

  1. Any salt or ester of toluenesulfonic acid

Verb

tosylate (third-person singular simple present tosylates, present participle tosylating, simple past and past participle tosylated)

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

Forms of tosylate

Noun
pluraltosylates
Verb
third-person singular presenttosylates
present participletosylating
past participletosylated
pasttosylated

Words formed from tosylate

Questions about tosylate

What does tosylate mean?
Tosylate means any salt or ester of toluenesulfonic acid.
What part of speech is tosylate?
Tosylate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of tosylate?
The plural of tosylate is tosylates.

Words near tosylate in the dictionary

  1. toswink
  2. tosyl
  3. tosylacetylene
  4. tosylamide
  5. tosylamides
  6. tosylate
  7. tosylated
  8. tosylates
  9. tosylation
  10. tosylations
  11. tosylazetidine

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