Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A volatile substance, C6H8O4, one of the anhydrids of lactic acid produced by the dry distillation of that acid. See
lactone .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from lactic acid by distillation, and regarded as an anhydride; also, by extension, any similar substance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of a class of
heterocyclic compounds , formallyacid anhydrides , formed by heating α-lactones - noun organic chemistry The
anhydride oflactic acid .
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Examples
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A lactone is a cyclic ester, a type of lactide, which is formed from dehydrated lactic acid.
Not all "Lact" Words Are the Same Steve Carper 2008
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PALCA: The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymer Bates was studying - and in case you're interested, it was a mix of poly isoprene and poly lactide and poly styrene, poly isoprene and poly ethylene oxide anyway, those X-ray pictures suggested something unusual was going on.
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PALCA: The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymer Bates was studying - and in case you're interested, it was a mix of poly isoprene and poly lactide and poly styrene, poly isoprene and poly ethylene oxide anyway, those X-ray pictures suggested something unusual was going on.
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PALCA: The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymer Bates was studying - and in case you're interested, it was a mix of poly isoprene and poly lactide and poly styrene, poly isoprene and poly ethylene oxide anyway, those X-ray pictures suggested something unusual was going on.
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The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymers Bates was studying - one polymer containing isoprene and lactide; and another polymer containing styrene, isoprene and ethylene oxide - suggested something unusual was going on.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymers Bates was studying - one polymer containing isoprene and lactide; and another polymer containing styrene, isoprene and ethylene oxide - suggested something unusual was going on.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymers Bates was studying - one polymer containing isoprene and lactide; and another polymer containing styrene, isoprene and ethylene oxide - suggested something unusual was going on.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymers Bates was studying - one polymer containing isoprene and lactide; and another polymer containing styrene, isoprene and ethylene oxide - suggested something unusual was going on.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The X-ray pictures of the particular block copolymers Bates was studying - one polymer containing isoprene and lactide; and another polymer containing styrene, isoprene and ethylene oxide - suggested something unusual was going on.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Zhou WZ, Prabha S, Sahoo SK, Labhasetwar V (2002) Rapid endo-lysosomal escape of poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles: implications for drug and gene delivery.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arnaud Beduneau et al. 2009
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