carboxylate

English

Etymology 1

From carboxylic acid +‎ -ate.

Noun

carboxylate (plural carboxylates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
   • 2003, Journal of the American Chemical Society‎^[1], volume 125, page 134:

     […] 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.

Derived terms

• arfendazam
• articaine
• -azepate
• bromocarboxylate
• capecitabine
• carbimazole
• carfentanil
• cinoxolone
• cyanocarboxylate
• diphenoxylate
• etomidate
• heptacarboxylate
• ketocarboxylate
• methotrexate
• monocarboxylate
• oxocarboxylate
• pentacarboxylate
• polycarboxylate
• prednicarbate
• thiocarboxylate
• tricarboxylate

 

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

1. (organic chemistry) To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
2. (organic chemistry) To react with a carboxylic acid

Derived terms

• decarboxylate