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Noun Concept
Categories: Functional groups, Lactones
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lactone  cyclic ester  Delta-lactone  dilactone  Dilactones
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A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid. Open English WordNet
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A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid. Open English WordNet
Lactones are cyclic carboxylic esters, containing a 1-oxacycloalkan-2-one structure, or analogues having unsaturation or heteroatoms replacing one or more carbon atoms of the ring. Wikipedia
Class of compounds; cyclic ester Wikidata
A cyclic ester, the condensation product of an alcohol group and a carboxylic acid group in the same molecule. OmegaWiki
Cyclic intramolecular ester. Wiktionary (translation)
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Lactones are formed by intramolecular esterification of the corresponding hydroxycarboxylic acids, which takes place spontaneously when the ring that is formed is five- or six-membered. Open English WordNet
IS A
ester
carboxylate ester
HAS KIND
exaltolide
N-Acyl homoserine lactone
sesquiterpene lactone
gamma-butyrolactone
furanolactone
+6 relations
HAS INSTANCE
caprolactone
2-Acetylbutyrolactone
Gamma-Nonalactone
hexadecanolactone
(6Z)-4-hydroxy-6-dodecenoic acid lactone
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Open English WordNet
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lactone
Wikipedia
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lactone
Wikidata
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lactone
Wiktionary
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lactone
OmegaWiki
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lactone
Wikipedia Redirections
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cyclic ester, Delta-lactone, dilactone, Dilactones, gamma-lactone, lactones, Lactonisation, lactonization, macrolactone, γ-lactone
Wikidata Alias
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lactones

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