nitrosate

English

Etymology 1

From nitroso +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

nitrosate (third-person singular simple present nitrosates, present participle nitrosating, simple past and past participle nitrosated)

  1. (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.

Etymology 2

From nitroso +‎ -ate (“derivative”).

Noun

nitrosate (plural nitrosates)

  1. (organic chemistry) An organic nitrate ester of a nitroso alcohol RR'-C(NO)-C(ONO2)-RR'.

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