lactone
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lactone (plural lactones)
- (organic chemistry) A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid.
Usage notes[edit]
- Greek prefixes indicate the ring size e.g. α- 3-membered, β- 4-membered
Derived terms[edit]
- anislactone
- bislactone
- boschnialactone
- dilactone
- enterolactone
- iminolactone
- iodolactone
- juniper lactone
- kavalactone
- ketolactone
- lactam
- lactonase
- lactonic
- lactonisation
- lactonization
- macrolactone
- mevalolactone
- mevalonolactone
- nepetalactone
- oligolactone
- peptidolactone
- polylactone
- spironolactone
- thiolactone
- trilactone
- xylonolactone
Translations[edit]
cyclic intramolecular ester
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lactone f (plural lactones)
Further reading[edit]
- “lactone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- English terms prefixed with lacto-
- English terms suffixed with -one
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æktəʊn
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Organic compounds
- French terms prefixed with lact-
- French terms suffixed with -one
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns