Lactol
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lactol-322-7409422
title:
Lactol
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In organic chemistry, a lactol is a functional group which is the cyclic equivalent of a hemiacetal (−CHO−) or a hemiketal (>CO−).
The compound is formed by the intramolecular, nucleophilic addition of a hydroxyl group (−OH) to the carbonyl group (C=O) of an aldehyde (−CH=O) or a ketone (>C=O). A lactol is often found as an equilibrium mixture with the corresponding hydroxyaldehyde. The equilibrium can favor either direction depending on ring size and other conformational effects. The lactol fun
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Functional group >C(OH)O– on a cyclic compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactol
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2023-10-27T09:17:45Z
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