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plural carboxylates
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid. quotations 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.
2003, Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 125, page 134
third-person singular simple present carboxylates, present participle carboxylating, simple past and past participle carboxylated
(organic chemistry) To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide examples
(organic chemistry) To react with a carboxylic acid examples