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Meaning of carboxylate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

/kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t/

Definitions

Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.

Examples

“[…] 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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

carboxylation carboxylbenzoyl carboxylesterase Carboxylic carboxylic acid carboxylmethyltransferase