Definition of Acetals

1. Noun. (plural of acetal) ¹

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Definition of Acetals

1. acetal [n] - See also: acetal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetals

acetabuloplasty
acetabulum
acetabulums
acetal
acetaldehyde
acetaldehyde dehydrogenase
acetaldehyde oxidase
acetaldehydes
acetaldol
acetaldoxime
acetaldoximes
acetalic
acetalization
acetalizations
acetalize
acetals (current term)
acetamid
acetamide
acetamides
acetamidine
acetamidines
acetamido
acetamidoacrylate
acetamidobenzoate
acetamidocinnamate
acetamidos
acetamids
acetaminophen
acetaminophen deacetylase
acetaminophens

Literary usage of Acetals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of medical and pharmaceutical chemistry by Elias Hudson Bartley (1909)
"They reduce Fehling's solutions. t/ acetals. The aldehydes when warmed with ... Such compounds are called acetals. They may also be formed by the slow ..."

2. Text-book of medical and pharmaceutical chemistry by Elias Hudson Bartley (1898)
"acetals. The acetals are formed by the union of alcohol with aldehydes, with the elimination of water, or by the oxidation of the alcohols, ..."

3. The Medical student's manual of chemistry by Rudolph August Witthaus (1890)
"acetals. These substances may be considered as derived from the aldehydes by the substitution of two groups OH (R = un alcoholic radical CnH,n + i) f°r the ..."

4. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"On heating the acetals with alcohols, the higher alkyls are displaced by the lower alkyls ... On shaking or digesting the acetals with hydrochloric acid, ..."

5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1899)
"The dialkyl ethers are named acetals, from their best-known representative. ... On heating the acetals with alcohols, the higher alkyls are replaced by the ..."

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