carboxylate

• Verb aus der organischen Chemie, das beschreibt, wie eine Carboxylgruppe (-COOH) in ein Molekül eingeführt wird, meist durch eine chemische Reaktion.

A verb used in organic chemistry to describe the process of introducing a carboxyl group (-COOH) into a molecule, typically through a chemical reaction.

1. Introduce carboxyl groupC2formalscientific

   To treat a chemical compound with a carboxyl group or carboxylic acid, resulting in the formation of a carboxylate salt or ester.

   Carboxylgruppe einführen

   • The chemist carboxylated the aromatic ring to increase its solubility.
   • This reaction is used to carboxylate organic molecules in industrial synthesis.
   • The enzyme can carboxylate specific substrates in metabolic pathways.