monoester

monoester

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ ester

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnəʊˈɛstə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnoʊˌɛstɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ) (some accents)
• Hyphenation: mon‧o‧es‧ter

Noun

monoester (plural monoesters)

1. (organic chemistry) An ester of a polyhydric alcohol or a polycarboxylic acid containing only a single ester group.
   • 1905, “Progress in Pharmacy”, in The American Journal of Pharmacy, page 287:

     Frederick B. Power and Frank Tutin have experimentally confirmed the observations of Carré, that at temperatures above 110° the interaction between phosphoric acid and glycerole results in the production of varying amounts of diester accompanying the monoester or glycerophosphoric acid.

   • 2016 May 22, Qixun Shi et al., “Water-soluble cavitands promote hydrolyses of long-chain diesters”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America‎, volume 113, number 33, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1610006113, page 9199:

     For example, hydrolysis of diesters (Fig. 1) separated by a long methylene chain exhibits equal rate constants at each site (k₁ = k₂), which sets an upper limit of 36.8% for the yield of the monoester.

   • 2018 February 14, “Ketone drink could help diabetics by lowering blood sugar”, in Voxy.co.nz‎:

     Twenty healthy individuals participated in the study and on two occasions consumed the ketone monoester supplement or a placebo after a 10-hour fast.

Related terms

• monoesterification

Anagrams

• sonometer