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mercaptal

Mercaptal vs Mercaptan - What's the difference?

mercaptal | mercaptan |


As nouns the difference between mercaptal and mercaptan

is that mercaptal is (obsolete|chemistry) a dithioacetal derived from an aldehyde while mercaptan is mercaptan.