Natura - nature actualia - actual entities Mundus Plinius - physical world naturalia - natural bodies "crystal-kingdom" chemical substances chemical compounds Class esters [acyl-XR, etc.; R'kE(=O)l(OH)m (l≠0; ≥1 (OH):=(XR)), etc.; X=O,S,Se,Te,etc.; R≠H] aspartame 1 Class ortho esters [RC(OR')3 (R'≠H), C(OR')4 (R'≠H)] 2 Class lactones [~OC(=O)[CH2]n~] - cyclic esters of hydroxy carboxylic acids 3 Class lactides 4 Class glycerides 5 Class phosphoglycerides [RC(=O)OCH2CH(OC(=O)R)CH2OP(=O)(OR)2]