methylate

noun

1. Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH3ONa.
2. any compound containing the methyl group.

verb (used with object), meth·yl·at·ed, meth·yl·at·ing.

3. (in a compound) to replace (one or more hydrogen atoms) with the methyl group.
4. to mix with methyl alcohol, as in the denaturation of ethyl alcohol.

verb

1. (tr) to mix with methanol
2. to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction in which a methyl group is introduced into a molecule

noun

3. another name for methoxide

v.

1. To mix or combine with methyl alcohol.
2. To combine with the methyl radical.

n.

1. An organic compound in which the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group of methyl alcohol is replaced by a metal.

Noun

1. An organic compound having the general formula CH3OR, in which R is a metal. Methylates are formed by replacing the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group (OH) of methyl alcohol with a metal.

Verb

1. To combine with the methyl radical.