-oate

English

Suffix

-oate

1. (organic chemistry) Used to form the names of salts and esters of carboxylic acids e.g. benzoate, hexanoate

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -oate

octacosadienoate

Related terms

• -oic

References

• IUPAC Table 5 Suffixes and prefixes for some important characteristic groups in substitutive nomenclature

Anagrams

• toea