butoxiden.
/bjuːˈtɒksʌɪd/, U.S. /bjuˈtɑkˌsaɪd/ Chemistry.
An alkoxide containing the anion C4H9O− or the group —OC4H9. Also: the anion C4H9O−.
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1922 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 44 863 The alumina derived from the normal butoxide is most efficient as an ethylene producer.
1945 Science 16 May 531/1 The activity of piperonyl butoxide.
1988 New Scientist 14 Apr. 40/1 There is no room for the zirconium atom to expand its coordination shell or for the butoxide ligands to act as bridges between zirconium atoms.
1991 Langmuir 7 2911/1 The latter was deposited by hydrolysis of titanium butoxide onto ZnO cores.
2014 Jrnl. Physical Chem. A. 118 10224/1 Proton abstraction..is expected to produce tert-butoxide.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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