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alcoholate

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al⋅co⋅hol⋅ate

  [al-kuh-haw-leyt, -ho-; al-kuh-haw-lit, -hol-it]
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–noun Chemistry.
1. any of a class of compounds, analogous to hydrates, containing chemically combined alcohol, as chloral alcoholate, C4Cl3H7O2.
2. alkoxide.
Origin:
1860–65; alcohol + -ate 2

alk⋅ox⋅ide

  [al-kok-sahyd, -sid]
–noun Chemistry.
a compound formed from an alcohol by the replacement of the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group with a metal, as sodium methoxide, CH3ONa, from methyl alcohol, CH3OH.
Also called alcoholate.

Origin:
alk(yl) + ox(y)- 2 + -ide
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Main Entry: al·co·hol·ate
Pronunciation: 'al-k&-"hol-"At, -"häl-, "al-k&-'
Function: noun
: a crystallizable compound of asubstance with alcohol in which the alcohol plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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