noun
- Plural of acyloin; organic compounds formed by the condensation of two ester molecules, typically containing a hydroxyl group adjacent to a carbonyl group.
Usage: chemistry; technical term
Examples
- Acyloins are important intermediates in organic synthesis.
- The chemist synthesized several acyloins for the research project.
- Acyloins can be prepared through the acyloin condensation reaction.
- These acyloins exhibited interesting reactivity patterns in further transformations.