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Definition of Esterify
1. Verb. Change (a compound) into an ester.
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Ester
Definition of Esterify
1. Verb. (chemistry) (''of an acid'') to combine with an alcohol or (''of an alcohol'') to combine with an acid, to form an ester ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Esterify
1. to convert into an ester [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esterify
Literary usage of Esterify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Application of Victor Meyer's Esterification Law to Neighboring-xylic by Ralph William Hufferd, William Albert Noyes (1920)
"Its three isomers would be expected to give different results, which might be
predicted as follows: The one with the grouping, 1, should not esterify. ..."
2. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"... vt esterify. Etablissement, n. establishment. Etikette,/., Etikett, n.
etiquette; label, tag. etliche, a. some, several, a few. ..."
3. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1918)
"Cis acids of both the above formulae are difficult to esterify by Fischer and
Speier's method, whilst the corresponding trans acids are readily converted ..."
4. The Simple Carbohydrates and the Glucosides by Edward Frankland Armstrong (1919)
"... whereas living yeast, even when toluene has been added, may esterify only some
8 per cent.; the difference is probably a question of cell permeability. ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"One of these acids did not esterify easily and he concluded that it must contain
two substituting groups in the ortho positions to the carboxyl group. ..."
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