epoxidate (English, verb)
expansion: epoxidate (third-person singular simple present epoxidates, present participle epoxidating, simple past and past participle epoxidated)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 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)
Forms:
form: epoxidates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: epoxidating
tags: participle
present
form: epoxidated
tags: participle
past
form: epoxidated
tags: past