Sekirov Dictionary

carboxylate

/kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/

verb 2
noun 1
forms 3

verb2

To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
To react with a carboxylic acid

noun1

•
Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
- […] substitution of a carboxylate would be expected to destabilize the dritterionic mesomer that contributes to the singlet valence bond description as the benzyne geometry becomes more bicyclic. — 2003

forms

carboxylated · carboxylating · carboxylates

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