Meaning & use
Carboxylates
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Salts or esters of carboxylic acids, or, as a verb, the act of introducing a carboxyl group into a compound.
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The reaction produced several carboxylates that were later analyzed by mass spectrometry.
The enzyme carboxylates the substrate as the first step in the metabolic pathway.
A note on using this word
Carboxylates take their name from the carboxyl group (-COOH), a functional group central to organic chemistry and biochemistry.
Another way to use it
2. verb
Adds a carboxyl group to a molecule through a chemical reaction.
The enzyme carboxylates carbon dioxide onto the sugar molecule.
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