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hemiacetal

/,hɛmi'æsɪ,tæl/

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noun
an organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones
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organic compound

Definition that contains hemiacetal

ketose any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal
aldose a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal