hemithioacetal

English

Etymology

From hemi- +‎ thioacetal.

Noun

hemithioacetal (plural hemithioacetals)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of compounds of general formula R₂C(OH)SR' (where R' is not H).
   • 2015 December 17, “Studies on the Glutathione-Dependent Formaldehyde-Activating Enzyme from Paracoccus denitrificans”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

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

Anagrams

• thiohemiacetal