Definition of Acylate

1. Verb. (organic chemistry) To add one or more acyl groups to a compound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acylate

1. to introduce acyl into [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acylate

acyl iodide
acyl protein synthetase
acyl thioester transacylase
acyladenylate
acylagmatine amidase
acylal
acylals
acylamidase
acylamide
acylamido
acylamino
acylaminos
acylanilide
acylanilides
acylase
acylate (current term)
acylated
acylates
acylating
acylation
acylations
acylative
acylcarnitine
acyldepsipeptide
acyldepsipeptides
acylethanolamine
acylfulvene
acylglycerol
acylglycerol acylhydrolase
acylglycerols

Literary usage of Acylate

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1. Hypochondriac's Guide to Tamiflu (Oseltamvir) for Bird Flu: Public by W Frederick Zimmerman (2006)
"... an aqueous environment: the cellulose ester is selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate, cellulose acylate, cellulose fatty acid ester, ..."

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