Third-person singular simple present indicative form of epoxidate

(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)

simple past tense and past participle of epoxidate

plural of arene epoxide

(organic chemistry) Any epoxide formally derived from an arene by the addition of an oxygen atom to a double bond.