Acéltól

Acéltól is a Hungarian term that translates literally to “from acetyl.” In chemistry, “acetyl” refers to the substituent derived from acetic acid, represented by the functional group –COCH₃. The name is used to denote the presence of this substituent on a parent molecule, implying that the compound has undergone deacetylation or originates from an acetylated precursor. In Hungarian-language literature and pharmaceutical nomenclature, acéltól appears in compound names such as acetylsalicylate (ácétát salicilát) or acetylsalicylic acid (ácétát salicylik sav), where it signals the presence of the acetyl group attached to the aromatic ring or other molecular scaffold.

The prefix is also employed in biochemical contexts to describe enzymatic reactions. For example, an acetyltransferase may add an acetyl group to an amino acid side chain, and a deacetylase removes it; naming a substrate “acetylated” or “deacetylated” thus conveys the functional state. Throughout Hungarian scientific texts, acéltól functions as a concise descriptor for chemical species that have retained or lost an acetyl moiety. The term is built analogously to other functional group prefixes (e.g. brom, chloro) and is common in the teaching of organic chemistry, industrial chemistry, and pharmacology within Hungarian-speaking regions.