nitrosate
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Etymology edit
Verb edit
nitrosate (third-person singular simple present nitrosates, present participle nitrosating, simple past and past participle nitrosated)
- (chemistry) To introduce a nitroso group into a compound
- 2017, Louis J. Ignarro, Nitric Oxide: Biology and Pathobiology, page 48:
- Nitrogen dioxide radical is also formed during nitrite-peroxidase reactions, and suggests that multiple mechanisms may be operating during inflammation to nitrosate thiols.
Noun edit
nitrosate (plural nitrosates)
- (organic chemistry) An organic nitrate ester of a nitroso alcohol RR'-C(NO)-C(ONO2)-RR'