Hemiacetal is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Hemiacetal in a sentence
Hemiacetal meaning
Any of a class of compounds of general formula R₁R₂C(OH)OR' (where R' is not H and R₁ or R₂ is often hydrogen).
Synonyms of Hemiacetal
Using Hemiacetal
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of a class of compounds of general formula R₁R₂C(OH)OR' (where R' is not H and R₁ or R₂ is often hydrogen).
- Useful related words include: organic compound.
Context around Hemiacetal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hemiacetal
- In this selection, "hemiacetal" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, respective and carbon stand out and add context to how "hemiacetal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include conditions the hemiacetal and the and form a hemiacetal is an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hemiacetal" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hemiacetal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Under acidic conditions, the hemiacetal and the alcohol can further react to form an acetal and water. (17 words)
Sucrose and trehalose are examples of non-reducing disaccharides because their glycosidic bond is between their respective hemiacetal carbon atoms. (20 words)
The resulting molecule has an hemiacetal or hemiketal group, depending on whether the linear form was an aldose or a ketose. (21 words)
The pK a for self-dissociation of ethanol is about 16 so the alkoxide ion is a strong enough base citation The addition of an alcohol to an aldehyde to form a hemiacetal is an example of a reaction that can be catalyzed by the presence of hydroxide. (48 words)
The resulting molecule has an hemiacetal or hemiketal group, depending on whether the linear form was an aldose or a ketose. (21 words)
Sucrose and trehalose are examples of non-reducing disaccharides because their glycosidic bond is between their respective hemiacetal carbon atoms. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
Sucrose and trehalose are examples of non-reducing disaccharides because their glycosidic bond is between their respective hemiacetal carbon atoms.
The pK a for self-dissociation of ethanol is about 16 so the alkoxide ion is a strong enough base citation The addition of an alcohol to an aldehyde to form a hemiacetal is an example of a reaction that can be catalyzed by the presence of hydroxide.
The resulting molecule has an hemiacetal or hemiketal group, depending on whether the linear form was an aldose or a ketose.
Under acidic conditions, the hemiacetal and the alcohol can further react to form an acetal and water.