hemiacetals
Compounds having the general formula
R
2
C(OH)OR'
(
R'
≠
H
).
See also:
lactols
,
hemiketals
Source:
PAC, 1995,
67
, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1339