metalate
/ˈmɛtəleɪt/(also metallate) Chemistry
verb
[with object] To bring about metalation in (a compound); to subject (a compound) to metalation.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Chemical Society. From metal + -ate, after metalation.
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