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acyloin

acyloin noun: any α-hydroxy ketone.

Noun

acyloin (plural acyloins)

  1. Any α-hydroxy ketone.

Forms of acyloin

pluralacyloins

Words formed from acyloin

  • acyloin condensation

Questions about acyloin

What does acyloin mean?
Acyloin means any α-hydroxy ketone.
What part of speech is acyloin?
Acyloin is a noun.
What is the plural of acyloin?
The plural of acyloin is acyloins.

Words near acyloin in the dictionary

  1. acylketenes
  2. acyllysine
  3. acyllysines
  4. acylmercaptan
  5. acylmercaptans
  6. acyloin
  7. acyloins
  8. acylome
  9. acylomes
  10. acylomic
  11. acylomics

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