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trifluoromethylate

trifluoromethylate verb: to modify by means of trifluoromethylation.

Verb

trifluoromethylate (third-person singular simple present trifluoromethylates, present participle trifluoromethylating, simple past and past participle trifluoromethylated)

  1. To modify by means of trifluoromethylation

Noun

trifluoromethylate (plural trifluoromethylates)

  1. The anion -OCF₃⁻; any salt containing this anion

Forms of trifluoromethylate

Verb
third-person singular presenttrifluoromethylates
present participletrifluoromethylating
past participletrifluoromethylated
pasttrifluoromethylated
Noun
pluraltrifluoromethylates

Questions about trifluoromethylate

What does trifluoromethylate mean?
Trifluoromethylate means to modify by means of trifluoromethylation.
What part of speech is trifluoromethylate?
Trifluoromethylate can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of trifluoromethylate?
The past tense of trifluoromethylate is trifluoromethylated.

Words near trifluoromethylate in the dictionary

  1. trifluoromethoxy
  2. trifluoromethyl
  3. trifluoromethylaminoindane
  4. trifluoromethylaniline
  5. trifluoromethylanilines
  6. trifluoromethylate
  7. trifluoromethylated
  8. trifluoromethylates
  9. trifluoromethylating
  10. trifluoromethylation
  11. trifluoromethylations

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