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- noun chemistry Any of a class of
compounds ofgeneral formula R2C(OH)OR' (where R' is not H).
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- noun an organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones
Etymologies
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hemi- + acetal
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