Definition of Butylate

1. Verb. Introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound.

Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Add
Derivative terms: Butyl

Definition of Butylate

1. Verb. (organic chemistry) To react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule ¹

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Definition of Butylate

1. to add a butyl to [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Butylate

butut
bututs
butyl
butyl alcohol
butyl aminobenzoate
butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
butyl nitrite
butyl rubber
butylamine
butylamines
butylammonium
butylammoniums
butylate (current term)
butylated
butylated hydroxyanisole
butylated hydroxytoluene
butylates
butylating
butylation
butylations
butylbenzene
butylbenzenes
butyldimethylsilyl
butyldimethylsilyls
butylene
butylene glycols
butylenes

Literary usage of Butylate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"... chloroform or acetone, creosote, acetic acid, butyric acid, butylate of ethyl, olein, oleic acid, or fusel-oil (or by saturating with hydrochloric acid ..."

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