ALL meanings of hemiacetal
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H h - noun hemiacetal any of the class of organic chemical compounds having the general formula RCH(OH)OR, where R is an organic group. 1
- noun hemiacetal (chemistry) Any of a class of compounds of general formula R2C(OH)OR' (where R' is not H). 1
- noun hemiacetal any of a class of compounds derived from aldehydes by adding an alcohol to the carbonyl group 0