[Hootenannny]

I am writing a chemistry essay regarding sugars and I was wondering which is the prefered term in chemistry, 'Glycosidic Bond' or 'Acetal Linkage'? My teacher is very pedantic about things like this. Thank's in advance.

[movies]

Glycosides are a subset of acetals, so you can really call any glycoside linkage an acetal linkage, but the reverse isn't necessarily true (i.e., not all acetals are glycosides).  In pure synthetic organic chemistry I would think that acetal would be preferred, but in bio-leaning classes or groups, they would probably rather see glycoside.

[Yggdrasil]

Biochemists would refer to the bond as a glycosidic bond or glycosidic linkage, although it would not be incorrect to call it an acetal linkage (though probably some biologists would be confused by the term).

[movies]

Silly biologists!!

[Hootenannny]

Thank's alot people!