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diazoacetate

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any salt or ester of diazoacetic acid; the esters react with alkenes to form cyclopropane derivatives

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

Examples

  • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Considering the range of chiral catalysts that are available for diazoacetate decomposition, the development of reaction conditions for asymmetric vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations had initially been considered to be relatively straightforward.

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History

Etymology

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