monoacetate

M3O1N1O1A1C3E1T1A1T1E1

noun

A compound which contains a single acetate group or ion

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Meanings

nounmonoacetate (plural monoacetates)

plural monoacetates

  1. chemistryA compound which contains a single acetate group or ion

    The cut in Fig 6 exhibits the magnified region of the chromatogram indicating the 2,5-DMHQ (signal no.1) and the monoacetate of 2,5-DMHQ (no.2), which is formed during the fungal treatment.

    2015 July 6, “Potential of Wood-Rotting Fungi to Attack Polystyrene Sulfonate and Its Depolymerisation by Gloeophyllum trabeum via Hydroquinone-Driven Fenton Chemistry”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From mono- + acetate.

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MLA

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Chicago

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