acetal

[ Eng. acet ( ic ) and al( cohol ).] C2H4O(C2H5)2O. A compound of aldehyde with ethyl oxide; it is isomeric with diet hylic ethenate. It is one of the products of the slow oxidation of alcohol. Acetal is a colourle liquid boiling at 140°. Oxidizing agents convert it into acetic acid. It was first formed by Döbereiner, who called it oxygenated ether. a-çěť-a-mide, s. [Eng. acetate and amide. ] NCHO [AMIDE.] Formed by heating ammonium acetate; also by the action of ammonia on ethyl acetate. Acetamide is a white crystallic solid, melting at 78°, and boiling at 2222. Heated with acids or alkalies, it is converted into acetic acid and ammonia. Dis C2H2O tilled with phosphoric oxide, it is decomposed into water and acetonitrile or methyl-cyanide. [ Aceto &