acetal

See also: Acetal and acétal

English

Etymology

From acet(ic) + al(cohol).

Pronunciation

enPR: ăsʹĭtăl', IPA^(key): /ˈæsɪˌtæl/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

acetal (plural acetals)

(organic chemistry) Any diether of a geminal diol, R₂C(OR')₂ (where R' does not = H).

Usage notes

Originally the term applied only to derivatives of aldehydes (One R = H) but now also applies to ketones

Derived terms

spiroacetal

Translations

any diether of a geminal diol

Finnish: asetaali
French: acétal (fr) m
German: Acetal (de) n
Irish: aicéatal m

Japanese: アセタール (asetāru)
Portuguese: acetal m
Spanish: acetal (es) m

See also

Portuguese

Noun

acetal m (plural acetais)

(organic chemistry) acetal (any diether of a geminal diol)

Spanish

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /aθeˈtal/, [aθeˈt̪al]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /aseˈtal/, [aseˈt̪al]

Noun

acetal m (plural acetales)

(organic chemistry) acetal

Related terms

cetal

Further reading

“acetal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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