Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diazoacetate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-a-zoac-etate
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of diazoacetic acid; the esters react with alkenes to form cyclopropane derivatives

Example Sentences

"Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Considering the range of chiral catalysts that are available for diazoacetate decomposition, the development of reaction conditions for asymmetric vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations had initially been considered to be relatively straightforward."

Etymology

From diazoacetic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

diazoacetates (plural)

Questions

What does diazoacetate mean?: Any salt or ester of diazoacetic acid; the esters react with alkenes to form cyclopropane derivatives
Where does diazoacetate come from?: From diazoacetic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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