Propionate
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[[Image:Propionic_acid_structure.png|thumb|250px|[[Propionic acid]]. Propionate is similar, but with one hydrogen ion removed.]]
The '''propionate''' ([[IUPAC]] name '''propanoate''') [[ion]] is [[Carbon|C]]<sub>2</sub>[[Hydrogen|H]]<sub>5</sub>C[[Oxygen|O]]O<sup>−</sup> ([[propionic acid]] minus one [[hydrogen ion]]).
A '''propionate''' or '''propanoate''' compound is a [[salt]] or [[ester]] of propionic acid.
Propionates/propanoates should not be confused with [[propenoate]]s, the ions/salts/esters of [[propenoic acid]] (also known as 2-propenoic acid or acrylic acid).
Testosterone Propionate is used by intramuscular injection and is prescribed to men who have low testosterone or muscle wasting disease.
==Examples==
* [[Sodium propionate]], Na(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CO<sub>2</sub>)
* [[Methyl propionate]], (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>(CO)OCH<sub>3</sub>)
* [[Calcium propionate]], Ca(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>
* [[Potassium propionate]], K(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CO<sub>2</sub>)
[[Category:Propionates ]]
[[Category:Carboxylate anions]]
[[Category:Carboxylate esters]]
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