Chem. [f. AMYL + -ATE.] A salt of the radical amyl, in which amyl takes the place of the oxygenated group in a metallic salt; as Potassium amylate C5H11 . O . K, compared with Potassium nitrate NO2 . O . K.
Amylate of Amyl, = Amyl Ether (C5H11)2O, in which the potassium of potassium amylate is also replaced by amyl.
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., xxx. 332. Potassium and sodium can replace the typical hydrogen of this [Amyl] alcohol, forming potassium or sodium amylate.
