Definition of decarboxylate

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Definition of decarboxylate

  • lose a carboxyl group (verb)

    Examples

    1. the compound decarboxylated
  • remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound) (verb)

See definition of decarboxylate in Merriam Webster