In general, a lactide is the cyclic diester, i.e., the di-lactone of two molecules of any 2-hydroxycarboxylic acid. ==Stereoisomers== Lactic acid is chiral; two enantiomeric forms, (R)-lactic acid and (S)-lactic acid, may exist. Thus, lactide formed from two equivalents of lactic acid consists of two stereocenters. Three different stereoisomers of...
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• (n.) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance.
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Lac'tide noun [
Lac tic + anhydride.]
(Chemistry) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from lactic acid by distillation, and regarded as an anhydride; also, by extension, any similar substance.
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