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An organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones
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hemiacetal
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n. (context chemistry English) Any of a class of compounds of general formula R 2 C(OH)OR' (where R' is not H).
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n. an organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones
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Hemiacetals and hemiketals are compounds that are derived from aldehydes and ketones respectively. The Greek word hèmi means half . These compounds are formed by formal addition of an alcohol to the carbonyl group. When the alcohol group is replaced by ...