Methylate (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH3ONa.
  2. any compound containing the methyl group.
verb (used with object), meth·yl·at·ed, meth·yl·at·ing.
  1. (in a compound) to replace (one or more hydrogen atoms) with the methyl group.
  2. to mix with methyl alcohol, as in the denaturation of ethyl alcohol.
verb
  1. to mix with methanol
  2. to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction in which a methyl group is introduced into a molecule
noun
  1. another name for methoxide
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