lactone

English

Etymology

From lacto- +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæktəʊn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æktəʊn

Noun

lactone (plural lactones)

1. (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

• anislactone
• bislactone
• boschnialactone
• dilactone
• enterolactone
• iminolactone
• iodolactone
• juniper lactone
• kavalactone
• ketolactone
• lactam
• lactonase
• lactonic
• lactonisation
• lactonization
• macrolactone
• massoia lactone
• mevalolactone
• mevalonolactone
• nepetalactone
• oligolactone
• peptidolactone
• polylactone
• spironolactone
• thiolactone
• trilactone
• xylonolactone

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 (pl) 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)

1. lactone

Further reading

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