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Anhydride vs Lactide - What's the difference?

anhydride | lactide |

As nouns the difference between anhydride and lactide

is that anhydride is any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides while lactide is any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones.

anhydride

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides

    • lactide

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia lactide) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating ?-lactones
  • (organic compound) The anhydride of lactic acid.

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