English edit

Etymology edit

mono- +‎ acetate

Noun edit

monoacetate (plural monoacetates)

  1. (chemistry) A compound which contains a single acetate group or ion
    • 2015 July 6, “Potential of Wood-Rotting Fungi to Attack Polystyrene Sulfonate and Its Depolymerisation by Gloeophyllum trabeum via Hydroquinone-Driven Fenton Chemistry”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The cut in Fig 6 exhibits the magnified region of the chromatogram indicating the 2,5-DMHQ (signal no.1) and the monoacetate of 2,5-DMHQ (no.2), which is formed during the fungal treatment.