Synonymous with
alkoxides. Alcoholate should not be used for solvates derived from an
alcohol such as
CaCl2ยทnROH,
for the ending -ate often occurs in names for anions.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1312