Cyclic Hemiketal

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Contributed by Gamini Gunawardena
Associate Professor (Chemistry) at Utah Valley University

A cyclic hemiketal is a hemiketal in the molecule of which the hemiketal carbon and one of the oxygen atoms thereon are members of a ring.

eg:

see also cyclic hemiacetal, lactol

Contributors and Attributions

Gamini Gunawardena from the OChemPal site (Utah Valley University)