to introduce or attach a butyl group to a chemical compound through a chemical reaction called butylation.
From 'butyl' plus the verb suffix '-ate' (meaning to treat with or convert into), following chemical verb formation patterns.
Butylate is chemistry shorthand—one word replaces a whole reaction sequence. Scientists speak in chemical verbs that sound magical: hydrogenate, acetylate, butylate.
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