Is Acetal an Antibiotic? Clarifying the Chemical Distinction
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The dioxolane moiety, a type of cyclic acetal, is found in 24 drugs approved by the FDA prior to 2018 [1.5.5]. But is acetal an antibiotic? The short answer is no; they represent fundamentally different concepts in chemistry and pharmacology [1.2.1, 1.6.1].
