Acetoxy group

The acetoxy group (also called acetyloxy) is a functional group in organic chemistry. It is another name for an acetate ester, used in chemical nomenclature for complex molecules or to talk about acetate as a protecting group.

Sources

  1. ↑ IUPAC Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation Division (2013). "P-65.6.3.2.3". In Favre, Henri A.; Powell, Warren H. (eds.). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. IUPAC–RSC. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.