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¹carboxylate

noun car·box·yl·ate \-ˌlāt, -lət\

Definition of CARBOXYLATE

: a salt or ester of a carboxylic acid

1884

verb car·box·yl·ate \-ˌlāt\

car·box·yl·at·edcar·box·yl·at·ing

transitive verb

: to introduce carboxyl or carbon dioxide into (a compound) with formation of a carboxylic acid

— car·box·yl·a·tion \(ˌ)kär-ˌbäk-sə-ˈlā-shən\ noun

1921

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