epoxidate

== English == === Etymology === From epoxide +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). === Verb === epoxidate (third-person singular simple present epoxidates, present participle epoxidating, simple past and past participle epoxidated) (organic chemistry) to undergo the reaction that produces an epoxide; oxidation reactions of alkenes give cyclic ethers in which both carbons of a double bond become bonded to the same oxygen atom) === See also === epoxidation