carboxylate

[ kahr-bok-suh-leyt ]

verb (used with object)

, car·box·yl·at·ed, car·box·yl·at·ing.

1. to introduce the carboxyl group into (an organic compound).

noun

1. a salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.

carboxylate

/ kɑːˈbɒksɪˌleɪt /

noun

1. any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO) x , where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R ¹COOR², where R ¹and R² are organic groups

carboxylate

/ kär-bŏk′sə-lāt′ /

1. A salt or ester of an organic acid, containing the radical COO. Soaps, which are usually the sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids, are carboxylates.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carboxylate¹

First recorded in 1925–30; carboxyl + -ate ²