α. 1800s– alcoate.
β. 1800s– alcohate.
alcoaten.
/ˈalkəʊeɪt/, U.S. /ˈælkəˌweɪt/ Chemistry. Now rare.
= alcoholate n. 1.
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1828 T. Graham in Philos. Mag. 4 270 These solid compounds of salt and alcohol, which are definite and imperfectly crystallizable, may be denominated Alco-ates... The alcoates which I succeeded in forming are not numerous.
1833 A. Fyfe Elements Chem. (ed. 3) 649 The chlorids of common metals were found to be acted on in the same way, alcoates being formed.
1863 W. T. Brande & A. S. Taylor Chem. xlvii. 543 The alcohol appears to be substituted for water of crystallization. Such combinations have been called alcohates.
1918 Encycl. Americana I. 347/1 The alkali metals attack absolute alcohol rapidly with the formation of compounds variously known as alcoholates, alcohates and alcoates, but more definitely and correctly as ‘ethylates’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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