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Meaning of carboxylate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
kɑɹˈbɑksɪleɪ̯t

Definitions

Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.

Equivalents

Suomi karboksylaatti
Français carboxylate

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

carboxylation carboxylbenzoyl carboxylesterase Carboxylic carboxylic acid carboxylmethyltransferase

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