gem-diolate

English

Etymology

From gem-diol +‎ -ate.

Noun

gem-diolate (plural gem-diolates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt of a gem-diol.
   • 2022 June 10, Oliveira, A.L., Viegas, M.F., da Silva, S.L. et al., “The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential”, in Nature Reviews Chemistry‎^[1], volume 6, →DOI, page 453:

     Following deprotonation of the water molecule by a conserved glutamate residue (Glu146), the resulting hydroxide ion attacks the carbonyl carbon to form a Zn²⁺-bound gem-diolate.