lactone

English

Etymology

lacto- +‎ -one

Noun

lactone (plural lactones)

(organic chemistry) A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid

Usage notes

Greek prefixes indicate the ring size e.g. α- 3-membered, β- 4-membered

Derived terms

Translations

cyclic intramolecular ester

Catalan: lactona f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 內酯／内酯 (zh) (nèizhǐ)
Finnish: laktooni
French: lactone (fr) f
German: Lacton n
Italian: lattone m
Polish: lakton m
Spanish: lactona f
Turkish: lakton

See also

butanolide

Anagrams

octenal

French

Etymology

From lact- +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lak.tɔn/

Noun

lactone f (plural lactones)

lactone

Further reading

“lactone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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