acetal

From acet(ic) + al(cohol).

• enPR: ăsʹĭtăl', IPA^(key): /ˈæsɪˌtæl/

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acetal (plural acetals)

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

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

• acetonide
• acylal
• hemiacetal
• ketal

Internationalism; compare English acetal. First attested in 1836.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.tal/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtal
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧tal

acetal m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acetal

• acetal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “acetal”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6
• acetal in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tal

acetal m (plural acetais)

1. (organic chemistry) acetal

• IPA^(key): /aθeˈtal/ [a.θeˈt̪al] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aseˈtal/ [a.seˈt̪al] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧tal

acetal m (plural acetales)

1. (organic chemistry) acetal

• “acetal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024