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car·box·yl·ate

(kär-bŏk′sə-lāt′)

A salt or ester of an organic acid, derived from the carboxyl group. Soaps, which are usually the sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids, are carboxylates.

adj. (-lāt′, -lĭt)

1. Of or relating to a carboxylate.

2. Of or relating to the anionic conjugate base of a carboxylic acid, specifically the CO₂^2- group

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carboxylate

(kɑːˈbɒksɪˌleɪt)

(Elements & Compounds) any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R¹COOR², where R¹ and R² are organic groups

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car•box•yl•ate

(kɑrˈbɒk səˌleɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.

to introduce the carboxyl group into (an organic compound).

[1925–30]

car•box`yl•a′tion, n.

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Verb 1. carboxylate - treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid

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In the [sup.31]P{[sup.1]H} NMR spectra these complexes displayed a pair of triplets resonance signals, corresponding to two transpositioned phosphorus atoms and two phosphorus atoms transpositioned to oxygen atoms from carboxylate groups of the quinaldate and kynurenate anions, respectively.

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