carbamate

[ kahr-buh-meyt, kahr-bam-eyt ]

noun

1. a salt or ester of carbamic acid.

carbamate

/ ˈkɑːbəˌmeɪt /

noun

1. a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH 2 COO ^–, and the esters contain the group NH 2 COO–

carbamate

/ kär′bə-māt′,kär-băm′āt′ /

1. A salt or ester containing the radical NH 2 COO. Carbamates are often used as insecticides.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbamate¹

First recorded in 1860–65; carbam(ic) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

By employing nickel atoms laid out on an electrified surface, the team was able to directly convert carbamate, the captured form of carbon dioxide, to methane.

From Science Daily

For example, organophosphates and carbamates, two similar classes of insecticides that have been used for decades, interfere with the nervous system.

From Seattle Times

Department of Commerce in August published a description of both the Novichok agents and the carbamates that the two proposals would cover in the Federal Register—including structural information.

From Science Magazine

In the intervening years, we banned or phased out DDT and the most bird-toxic carbamates and organophosphates, only to see them replaced by a more pernicious generation of pesticides, the neonicotinoids.

From Washington Post

The authors show that chemical groups called ureas and carbamates can also be made in this final step, widening the applicability of the chemistry beyond fluorinated amides.

From Nature