trimethylate
Trimethylate is a term used in chemistry to denote the action of adding three methyl groups to a substrate, yielding a triply methylated product. In practice, trimethylation is the more common term, but trimethylate appears in some contexts as a verb form or in compound names. The resulting species may be a substituted amine, an ether, or another heteroatom bearing three methyl substituents, depending on the starting material and reaction conditions.
In organic synthesis, trimethylation can be achieved with methylating agents such as methyl iodide, dimethyl sulfate,
Because trimethylate is less commonly used as a noun than trimethylation, many texts treat trimethylate as
See also: Methylation; Trimethylamine; Histone methylation; S-adenosylmethionine; Methylating agents.