Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Hemi
acetal
:
A
functional group
containing an
ether
group
and a
hydroxyl group
bonded
sharing a carbon atom.
General hemi
acetal
structure. When
R
1
and
R
2
are carbon
groups
this
functional group
is sometimes referred to by the outdated term
hemi
ketal
(because this hemi
acetal
is derived from a
ketone
instead of an
aldehyde
).
2-
Methoxy
propan
-2-
ol
, a hemi
acetal
.
Maltose
(a
disaccharide
) contains a hemi
acetal
and an
acetal
.
Related terms:
Ether
,
alcohol
,
carboxylic acid
,
ketal
,
orthoester
,
monosaccharide
,
oligosaccharide
,
polysaccharide
,
anomeric carbon
,
mutarotation
,
wavy line
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