Synonymous with @[email protected] Alcoholate should not be used for solvates derived from an @[email protected] such as CaCl2.nROH, 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 [Terms] [Paper]