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HEMIACETAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemiacetal mean?
• HEMIACETAL (noun)
The noun HEMIACETAL has 1 sense:
1. an organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones
Familiarity information: HEMIACETAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hemiacetal" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
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