molybdate

noun

mo·​lyb·​date mə-ˈlib-ˌdāt How to pronounce molybdate (audio)
: a salt of molybdenum containing the group MoO4 or Mo2O7

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But if oceans covered the Earth during its early history, borate and molybdate would have been too diluted to help make RNA. Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2014 Luckily, Benner’s team made a breakthrough in 2013, discovering that a catalyst called molybdate — a form of molybdenum that includes oxygen — can reconfigure the other sugar’s atoms to convert it into ribose. Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2014

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First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of molybdate was in 1788

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molybdate

noun
mo·​lyb·​date mə-ˈlib-ˌdāt How to pronounce molybdate (audio)
: a salt of molybdenum containing the group MoO4 or Mo2O7
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