maleate Chem.
(məˈliːeɪt)
[f. maleic a. + -ate4.]
A salt or ester, or the anion, of maleic acid.
| 1853 H. Watts tr. Gmelin's Hand-bk. Chem. VIII. 153 The Salts of Maleic acid, the Maleates, are all soluble in water. 1925 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. XLVII. 1073 First, association occurs between permanganate ion or molecule with maleate or fumarate ion. 1970 R. W. McGilvery Biochem. xi. 220 Fumarate is a trans compound (maleate is the corresponding cis isomer), and hydrates to yield the l-enantiomorph. |