noun
- a salt or ester of periodic acid, containing iodine in a high oxidation state and used in chemical analysis and synthesis
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- Sodium periodate is commonly used in laboratories to oxidize organic compounds.
- The periodate ion has a strong oxidizing ability in aqueous solution.
- Chemists use periodate to cleave vicinal diols in carbohydrate analysis.
- Potassium periodate is a reagent in analytical chemistry procedures.
- The periodate oxidation method is useful for determining the structure of sugars.