Talk:Carboxylate

I've added some information about the stability of carboxylate ions, but I've only studied A-level Chemistry, so my interpretation of what makes carboxylate anions stable may be too naïve. If an expert stumbles upon this page, it would be good if he or she could give my explanation a once-over. I realise there's also an explanation on the carboxylic acid page, but I went into more detail about why it's more stable than an alkoxide ion on this page. Thanks. (edit: Also, sorry I marked my edits minor on the page; I have that enabled as default, and forgot) Tim Goodwyn 15:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Link to 'Salt'
Er, shouldn't the link to 'salt' (in the first line) be to /Salt_%28chemistry%29 rather than the article on NaCl? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LiveYankee (talk • contribs) 00:44, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Definitely; --Bblackburn (talk) 00:01, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Why does "polycarboxylate" redirect here?
Term not defined or used in article. 86.179.191.90 (talk) 01:17, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Nomenclature
Would it be possible to add the nomenclature? In particular "carboxylate" versus "carboxy", if there is any difference between these two terms. 2A02:8388:1604:F600:A023:1A46:73DC:AD2 (talk) 18:25, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Say My Name
The 2nd sentence in the article is It is an ion with negative charge.

I want to specify a carboxylate by its more common one-word identifer anion

in addition to the descriptive phrase an ion with negative charge

The resulting sentence would be It is an anion, an ion with negative charge.

Barring objections and my laziness, I will make the change.

72.78.138.69 (talk)

72.78.138.69 (talk) 18:25, 8 July 2024 (UTC)