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Definition of Caproate
1. n. A salt of caproic acid.
Definition of Caproate
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) A hexanoate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caproate
1. a type of salt [n -S]
Medical Definition of Caproate
1. 1. A salt or ester of n-caproic acid. 2. USAN-approved contraction for hexanoate, CH3(CH2)4COO-. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caproate
Literary usage of Caproate
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 (1857)
"When a mixture of caproate of baryta with alcohol and oil of vitriol is heated,
caproic ether soon rises to the surface, and may be washed with water, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"—According to Chiozza, this body is prepared by placing 6 at caproate of barium
in a retort, and gradually adding 1 at. oxychloride of phosphorus. ..."
3. Chemistry for Students by Alexander William Williamson (1868)
"In this manner a butyrate, caproate, ... Hydric caproate boils at about 198°.
It is most easily obtained by the decomposition of ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"A quantity of nitrate of silver, exactly equivalent to the weight of the salt,
on the supposition of its being entirely caproate of calcium, ..."
5. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"caproate OF LIHE. Soluble in 49.4 pte. of water at 14°. ... caproate OF MAGNESIA.
Soluble in water. Ca П„ Mg 04 + Aq caproate OK METHYL. ..."
6. A Handbook of Organic Chemistry: For the Use of Students by William Gregory (1856)
"Its salts have more of a soapy character than those of butyric or valerianic
acid, and have the rancid smell of the acid. The caproate of glycerine or of ..."
7. Animal Chemistry with Reference to the Physiology and Pathology of Man by Johann Franz Simon (1845)
"The remaining ley is now allowed to crystallize spontaneously, which is best
effected by exposure to the sun; at first a little caproate of baryta still ..."
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