acetal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
acetal (plural acetals)
- (organic chemistry) Any diether of a geminal diol, R2C(OR')2 (where R' is not H).
Usage notes[edit]
Originally the term applied only to derivatives of aldehydes (One R = H) but now also applies to ketones
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
any diether of a geminal diol
See also[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism; compare English acetal. First attested in 1836.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
acetal m inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of acetal
Related terms[edit]
adjective
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- acetal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “acetal”, in Słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6
- acetal in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tal
Noun[edit]
acetal m (plural acetais)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aθeˈtal/ [a.θeˈt̪al]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aseˈtal/ [a.seˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: a‧ce‧tal
Noun[edit]
acetal m (plural acetales)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “acetal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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