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Acetal

Acetal Meaning & Definition
Acetal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acetal?

[n] any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules

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Acetal In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac"e*tal\, n. [Acetic + alcohol.] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

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