Definition of Esterifying

1. Verb. (present participle of esterify) ¹

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Definition of Esterifying

1. esterify [v] - See also: esterify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Esterifying

esteemers
esteemest
esteemeth
esteeming
esteems
ester
esterase
esterases
esterifiable
esterification
esterifications
esterified
esterified oestrogens
esterifies
esterify
esterifying (current term)
esters
estetrol
esthematology
estheses
esthesia
esthesias
esthesic
esthesio-
esthesiodic
esthesiodic system
esthesiogenesis
esthesiogenic
esthesiography
esthesiology

Literary usage of Esterifying

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

1. Stereochemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1907)
"... a way as to produce a new asymmetric carbon atom in the final product after splitting off the active alcohol. For example, they began by esterifying ..."

2. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis, James Rice (1921)
"Evidently the complex (H2OH°) has no esterifying power, in fact it is the complex which we would expect to saponify the ester, in ester saponification by ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1901)
"... esterifying reagents, the most convenient procedure being to fix first the benzoyl groups upon the cellulose, and to treat the resulting benzoates with ..."

4. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure edited by J. Michael Thesz (1997)
"... due to the reduced number of free COOH radicals which cause thermal degradation. In contrast, the compound obtained by esterifying the end COOH radical ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"A Demonstration of the Method of Phelps and Tillotson for esterifying the Products of Protein Hydrolysis," TB Osborne and LM Liddle. ..."

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