epoxidate

English

Etymology

From epoxide +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

epoxidate (third-person singular simple present epoxidates, present participle epoxidating, simple past and past participle epoxidated)

1. (organic chemistry) to undergo the reaction that produces an epoxide; oxidation reactions of alkenes give cyclic ethers in which both carbons of a double bond become bonded to the same oxygen atom)

See also

• epoxidation