Crossword-Solution: LACTONE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Lactone | n. | One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid. |
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| LACTONE | anagram | ANCELOT, NATCOLE |
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| Acid ester | 1 answer |
| any of a class of organic compounds | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEEAR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with LACTONE (5)
Etym: [Lactone + amido.] (Chem.) Defn: One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.
Etym: [Phthalyl + anhydride.] (Chem.) Defn: A lactone obtained by reduction of phthalyl chloride, as a white crystalline substance; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which phthalide proper is the type.
Etym: [Saccharin + lactone,] (Chem.) (a) A white crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid.
The cyanhydrin is hydrolysable to an acid, the lactone of which may be reduced by sodium amalgam to a glucoheptose, a non-fermentable sugar containing seven carbon atoms.
For the expulsion of the worms flores cinæ were formerly considered the most useful means; now, however, santonic lactone--santonin--which is prepared from them, is almost universally preferred.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1977).