Benzoate meaning

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A salt, ester, or anion of benzoic acid.
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A salt or ester of benzoic acid.
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A salt or ester of benzoic acid, having the general formula C6 H5 COOR, where R is an element or group that has replaced the hydrogen in the carboxyl group (COOH) of benzoic acid. In salts of benzoic acid, R is a metal, while in esters of benzoic acid, R is another radical, such as methyl.
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(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of benzoic acid.
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Benzoate Sentence Examples

  • An alternative method consists in converting it into ethyl benzoate by shaking with benzoyl chloride and caustic soda.

  • They are readily decomposed by mineral acids with the production of benzoic acid, and on addition of ferric chloride to their neutral solutions give a reddish-brown precipitate of ferric benzoate.

  • Benzamide, C 6 H 5 CONH 2, is prepared by the action of benzoyl chloride on ammonia or ammonium carbonate, or from ethyl benzoate and ammonia.

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