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Carboxylate vs Acetate - What's the difference?

carboxylate | acetate |

As nouns the difference between carboxylate and acetate

is that carboxylate is (organic chemistry) any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid while acetate is .

As a verb carboxylate

is (organic chemistry) to form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide.

carboxylate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.

    • Verb

    (carboxylat)
  • (organic chemistry) To form a carboxyl group by introduction of carbon dioxide
  • (organic chemistry) To react with a carboxylic acid

    • acetate

    English

    (wikipedia acetate)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
  • cellulose acetate
  • A transparent sheet used for overlays.
  • A disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.

    • Synonyms

    * (salt or ester of acetic acid) ethanoate