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Etymology edit

epoxide +‎ -ate

Verb edit

epoxidate (third-person singular simple present epoxidates, present participle epoxidating, simple past and past participle epoxidated)

  1. (organic chemistry) to undergo the reaction that produces an epoxide; oxidation reactions of alkenes give cyclic ethers in which both carbons of a double bond become bonded to the same oxygen atom)

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