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thiolactones

thiolactones is the plural of thiolactone.

Meaning of thiolactone

Noun

thiolactone (plural thiolactones)

  1. Any of a class of compounds formally derived from the lactones by replacing either, or both, of the oxygen atoms with sulfur

Questions about thiolactones

What is thiolactones the plural of?
Thiolactones is the plural of thiolactone.

Words near thiolactones in the dictionary

  1. thiolactams
  2. thiolactomycin
  3. thiolactonase
  4. thiolactonases
  5. thiolactone
  6. thiolactones
  7. thiolane
  8. thiolanes
  9. thiolase
  10. thiolases
  11. thiolate

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