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.

Origin of carboxylate

1
First recorded in 1925–30; carboxyl + -ate2

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British Dictionary definitions for carboxylate

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 1 COOR², where R 1 and R² are organic groups

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Scientific definitions for carboxylate

carboxylate

[ kär-bŏksə-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.

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