gem-diolate

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English

Etymology

From gem-diol +‎ -ate.

Noun

gem-diolate (plural gem-diolates)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any salt of a gem-diol.
    • 2022 June 10, Oliveira, A.L., Viegas, M.F., da Silva, S.L. et al., “The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential”, in Nature Reviews Chemistry, volume 6, →DOI, page 453:
      Following deprotonation of the water molecule by a conserved glutamate residue (Glu146), the resulting hydroxide ion attacks the carbonyl carbon to form a Zn2+-bound gem-diolate.