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Ester   /ˈɛstər/   Listen
Ester

noun
1.
Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.



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"Ester" Quotes from Famous Books



... given an unknown substance would have to make an elementary analysis and some tedious tests to determine whether it contained methyl or ethyl groups, whether it was an aldehyde or an ester, whether the carbon atoms were singly or doubly linked and whether it was an open chain or closed. But let him get a whiff of it and he can give instantly a pretty shrewd guess as to these points. His ...
— Creative Chemistry - Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries • Edwin E. Slosson


Words linked to "Ester" :   citrate, nucleotide, organic compound, banana oil, lactate, cyclohexanol phthalate, base, maleate, urethane, cellulose ester, ethyl acetate


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