Definition of Diester

1. Noun. (chemistry) any organic compound containing two ester functional groups ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diester

1. a type of chemical compound [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diester

dieselise
dieselization
dieselizations
dieselize
dieselized
dieselizes
dieselizing
dieselpunk
diesels
dieses
diesinker
diesinkers
diesinking
diesis
diest
diester (current term)
diesterase
diesters
diestock
diestocks
diestrous
diestrual
diestrum
diestrums
diestruses
diet
diet fads
diet records
diet surveys

Literary usage of Diester

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"SCIENCE. and saponified the triester one-third ; they then mixed the potassium salt of the resulting diester with potassium acetate and subjected the ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"A solution of 157 mg of diester VIb and 142 mg of 80% m- chloroperbenzoic acid ... The residual oil, 236 mg, crystallized on standing producing diester X, ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"So these investigators set about and saponified the triester one-third ; the}- then mixed the potassium salt of the resulting diester with potassium acetate ..."

4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"So these investigators set about and saponified the triester one-third ; they then mixed the potassium salt of the resulting diester with potassium acetate ..."

5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1898)
"So these investigators set about and saponified the triester one-third; they then mixed the potassium salt of the resulting diester with potassium acetate ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"Credner reports that the sandstone is 540 to 550 feet thick on the south slope of the diester range, 8 to 12 miles south from Hannover, where it consists of ..."

7. Interrelations of the Fossil Fuels by John James Stevenson, American Philosophical Society (1921)
"He believes that much of the coal is derived from conifers. i Credner reports that the sandstone is 540 to 550 feet thick on the south slope of the diester ..."

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