epoxidate
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]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)