Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-li-nate
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of proline

Example Sentences

"Even though rhodium(II) prolinate derivatives are not effective at asymmetric cyclopropanation using the traditional diazoacetates as substrates, these catalysts give spectacular results with the vinyldiazomethane system."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

prolinates (plural)

Questions

What does prolinate mean?: Any salt or ester of proline
Where does prolinate come from?: From proline + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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