English Explanatory Dictionary

lactol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. any cyclic hemiacetal formed by the intramolecular addition of a hydroxy group to a carbonyl group

Word forms

lactol lactols

Etymology

lacto- + -ol

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