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carboxylate en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/ (General-American)

Etymology

From carboxylic acid + -ate.

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

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carboxylates	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

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

carboxylate en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English carboxylic acid Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English carboxylate From carboxylic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

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

Forms

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carboxylating	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
carboxylates	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
carboxylated	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
carboxylated	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Deriveds

decarboxylate