Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemithioacetal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemithioac-etal
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of compounds of general formula R₂C(OH)SR' (where R' is not H).

Example Sentences

"Two diastereoisomers of each adduct are observed due to the formation of a stereogenic hemithioacetal group."

Etymology

From hemi- + thioacetal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemi

Inflected Forms

hemithioacetals (plural)

Questions

What does hemithioacetal mean?: Any of a class of compounds of general formula R₂C(OH)SR' (where R' is not H).
Where does hemithioacetal come from?: From hemi- + thioacetal.

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