ETHYLATE

Etymology

Verb

ethylate (third-person singular simple present ethylates, present participle ethylating, simple past and past participle ethylated)

(transitive, organic chemistry) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound

Source: Wiktionary


Eth"yl*ate. Etym: [From Ethyl.] (Chem.)

Definition: A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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