Term Name: lactol
Synonyms: lactol, lactols
Definition: Cyclic hemiacetals formed by intramolecular addition of a hydroxy group to an aldehydic or ketonic carbonyl group. They are thus 1-oxacycloalkan-2-ols or unsaturated analogues.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:38131]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: hemiacetal
has subtype: (+)-iridodial lactol (-)-3,4-dimethoxy-3,4-desmethylenedioxycubebin (-)-cubebin (-)-homalomenol C (-)-noscapine hemiacetal 2,3,4-trihydroxytetrahydrofuran 2,4',7-trihydroxyisoflavanone 2,5,7-trihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavanone 2,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavanone 2-hydroxyflavanones 4-carboxy-2-hydroxymuconate semialdehyde hemiacetal 6'-O-acetylpaeoniflorin 7-deoxyloganetic alcohol 7-deoxyloganetic aldehyde 7-deoxyloganetin 8-epiiridodial lactol alpha-benzoyloxypaeoniflorin alpha-bradyrhizose anagalligenin A arugosin A (lactol form) arugosin B ascarylopyranose ascomycin aurafuron A beta-benzoyloxypaeoniflorin capilliposide B chaetoviridin B chaetoviridin D cis-cis-nepetalactol cis-trans-nepetalactol cyclic hemiketal DIBOA DIMBOA elaeodendroside B elaiophylin enfumafungin Euphorbia diterpenoid 1 Euphorbia diterpenoid 2 HBOA hydroxyversicolorone isariotin F isopatulin komaroviquinone loganetin manoalide megathyrin A myriaporone 3 nigakihemiacetal A oleuropein aglycone oxypaeoniflorin paeoniflorigenone patulin thromboxanes B TRIBOA versiconal hemiacetal versiconal hemiacetal acetate viteagnusin I