esterify

American  

[e-ster-uh-fahy] / ɛˈstɛr əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with or without object)

Chemistry.

esterified, esterifying

1. to convert into an ester.

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esterify British  

/ ɛˈstɛrəˌfaɪ /

verb

1. chem to change or cause to change into an ester

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Other Word Forms

• esterification
  noun
• esterifiable
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of esterify

First recorded in 1900–05; ester + -ify

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

esterified

Waxes are made up of long fatty acid chains esterified to long-chain alcohols.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The alcohols are estimated by conversion into their acetic esters, which are then saponified with standard alcoholic potash, thereby furnishing a measure of the amount of alcohol esterified.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons

It is well known that di-ortho-substituted benzoic acids are esterified with difficulty.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

The most important results are these: Monoses.—The aldoses are fully esterified, in the pentoses 4 OH, in the hexoses 5 OH groups reacting.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by C. F. Cross

By allowing phosphorus oxychloride to interact with phenolsulphonic acid, he obtained a well-defined substance possessing tanning properties, which he considered an esterified phenolsulphonic acid anhydride, the composition of which he determined as HO.C_6H_4.SO_2.O.C_6H_4HSO_3.

From Synthetic Tannins by Georg Grasser

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