Acetals derived from
ketones by replacement of the oxo group by two hydrocarbyloxy groups
R2C(OR)2
(
R
≠
H
). This term, once abandoned, has been reinstated as a subclass of
acetals.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1345