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acetin /əˈsiːtɪn/ /əˈsɛtɪn/ /ˈasɪtɪn/Chemistry nounAny of five acetates of glycerol, which are thick oily liquids used as solvents and plasticizers; specifically = monoacetin. Compare also diacetin, triacetin.- Glycerol may undergo substitution of one, two, or all of its alcoholic hydrogen atoms, giving two possible monoacetates, two diacetates, and one triacetate.Commercial acetins are mixtures of the various acetates. Monoacetin contains chiefly the 1-acetate; CH2OH·CHOH·CH2OOCH3. Diacetin is chiefly the 1,3-diacetate; CH3COOCH2·CHOH·CH2OOCCH3..
Origin Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society. From French acétine from acét- (in acétique) + -ine, after glycérine glycerine. |