epoxidate
English
Etymology
epoxide + -ate
Verb
epoxidate (third-person singular simple present epoxidates, present participle epoxidating, simple past and past participle epoxidated)
- (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)
See also
- epoxidation