methylate
Americannoun
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Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH 3 ONa.
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any compound containing the methyl group.
verb (used with object)
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(in a compound) to replace (one or more hydrogen atoms) with the methyl group.
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to mix with methyl alcohol, as in the denaturation of ethyl alcohol.
verb
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(tr) to mix with methanol
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to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction in which a methyl group is introduced into a molecule
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RBPs methylate miRNA to inhibit its function and thus stop mRNA degradation.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The preliminary experiments showed that condensation with sodium methylate takes a long time and gives a product which it is difficult to handle in large quantities.
From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant
Well-dried hydroxylamine hydrochloride is dissolved in methyl alcohol and mixed with sodium methylate; a solution of methyldichloramine in absolute ether is then added and an ethereal solution of diazomethane distils over.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
They form unstable addition products with sodium ethylate or methylate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Last night, however, I managed to secure and methylate a good-sized scorpion.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest
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