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lactone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlæktəʊn/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone From lacto- + -one.

Meanings

  1. A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid.

Forms

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Deriveds

dehydrocostus lactone · nepetalactone · ketolactone · lactonase · mevalolactone · thiolactone · iodolactone · boschnialactone · lactonic · trilactone · lactonisation · xylonolactone · spironolactone · azlactone · juniper lactone · lactonization · massoia lactone · polylactone · bislactone · dilactone · enterolactone · macrolactone · lactam · kavalactone · acetolactone · oligolactone · mevalonolactone · iminolactone · anislactone · peptidolactone

Relateds

butanolide

Translations (9)

it lattone (cyclic intramolecular ester) · ca lactona (cyclic intramolecular ester) · fr lactone (cyclic intramolecular ester) · fi laktooni (cyclic intramolecular ester) · pl lakton (cyclic intramolecular ester) · es lactona (cyclic intramolecular ester) · de Lacton (cyclic intramolecular ester) · cmn 內酯 /内酯 (cyclic intramolecular ester) · tr lakton (cyclic intramolecular ester)