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What is a xanthate?

What is a xanthate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.
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Examples
A composition which comprises a mixture of a tetrabenzylthiuram sulphide and one or both of a dihydrocarbyl xanthogen polysulphide and a xanthate selected from metal hydrocarbylxanthates and dihydrocarbylxanthates.
Cellulose xanthate is produced from wood cellulose in reaction with sodium hydroxide and carbon disulfide.
Cellulose xanthate has numerous applications in various industries, among which mention can be made of its application in floating metals in the extracted mineral rocks.
Xanthate anions and protonated xanthic acid contain a free thiol moiety and are highly reductive.
Effective removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions by orange peel xanthate, Trans.
With a supply of mixed alcohols available, Alan Vanterpool, Jean Watt and Ken Nelson developed a process which allowed Chemcell to enter the xanthate market.

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