acylate

[as-uh-leyt]

verb (used with object), ac·yl·at·ed, ac·yl·at·ing. Chemistry.

to introduce the acyl group into (a compound).

Origin:
acyl + -ate¹

Related forms

ac·yl·a·tion, noun

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Acylate is always a great word to know.

So is halogen. Does it mean:

a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF, or a compound containing fluorine, as methyl fluoride, CH3F

any of the electronegative elements, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine, that form binary salts by direct union with metals

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