Hexanoate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any salt or ester of hexanoic acid.

Synonyms

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capronate

Etymology

From hexanoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Related phrases

ethyl hexanoatehexanoic acid

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