Many acetals are used as protecting groups in organic synthesis because they are stable under basic conditions.

After the synthesis, the hydroxyl groups were acetalized to protect them during the reaction.

In biochemical nomenclature, the prefix acet- is used before vowel-initial groups as an alternative spelling of aceto-.

The technician spent the afternoon acetizing the fabric samples to improve their dye affinity.

The laboratory protocol acetizes the compound before purification.

The researchers acetized the polymer to increase its solubility during processing.

The student compared the yields of various acetalizations under acidic and neutral conditions.

Acetalization of aldehydes with alcohols under acidic conditions is a common protective-group strategy in carbohydrate synthesis.

When exposed to methanol and an acid catalyst, the hemiacetal intermediate acetalizes to yield a stable acetal.

In the presence of a catalytic amount of acid, the student decided to acetalize the aldehyde to protect it during the next reaction.