Explore Carboxylate through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like process or treat. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Carboxylate meaning
Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
Using Carboxylate
- The main meaning on this page is: Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
- Useful related words include: process, treat.
- In the example corpus, carboxylate often appears in combinations such as: the carboxylate, carboxylate anion, negative carboxylate.
Context around Carboxylate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carboxylate
- In this selection, "carboxylate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, negative, magnesium, silver, anion, may and ion stand out and add context to how "carboxylate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a negative carboxylate and a and a negative carboxylate and neutral. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carboxylate" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carboxylate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Each of the carbon–oxygen bonds in the carboxylate anion has a partial double-bond character. (16 words)
Acidic conditions yield the carboxylic acid and the ammonium ion while basic hydrolysis yield the carboxylate ion and ammonia. (19 words)
In difficult cases, the silver carboxylate may be used, since the silver ion coordinates to the halide aiding its departure and improving the reaction rate. (25 words)
A hydrogen atom bonded to an oxygen atom is a hydroxyl group with the oxygen atom's second bond available for bonding.) The carboxylate anion R–COO − is usually named with the suffix -ate, so acetic acid, for example, becomes acetate ion. (42 words)
Below pH 2.2, the predominant form will have a neutral carboxylic acid group and a positive α-ammonium ion (net charge +1), and above pH 9.4, a negative carboxylate and neutral α-amino group (net charge −1). (39 words)
But at pH between 2.2 and 9.4, an amino acid usually contains both a negative carboxylate and a positive α-ammonium group, as shown in structure (2) on the right, so has net zero charge. (37 words)
Example sentences (8)
Acidic conditions yield the carboxylic acid and the ammonium ion while basic hydrolysis yield the carboxylate ion and ammonia.
A hydrogen atom bonded to an oxygen atom is a hydroxyl group with the oxygen atom's second bond available for bonding.) The carboxylate anion R–COO − is usually named with the suffix -ate, so acetic acid, for example, becomes acetate ion.
Below pH 2.2, the predominant form will have a neutral carboxylic acid group and a positive α-ammonium ion (net charge +1), and above pH 9.4, a negative carboxylate and neutral α-amino group (net charge −1).
But at pH between 2.2 and 9.4, an amino acid usually contains both a negative carboxylate and a positive α-ammonium group, as shown in structure (2) on the right, so has net zero charge.
Each of the carbon–oxygen bonds in the carboxylate anion has a partial double-bond character.
Fuel additives such as calcium additives and magnesium carboxylate may be used in marine engines to lower the emission of sulfur dioxide gases into the atmosphere.
In difficult cases, the silver carboxylate may be used, since the silver ion coordinates to the halide aiding its departure and improving the reaction rate.
The C-terminal carboxylate group of a polypeptide can also be modified, e.g., Fig. 3 C-terminal amidation * amidation (see Figure) :The C-terminus can also be blocked (thus, neutralizing its negative charge) by amidation.
Common combinations with carboxylate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: