Polyhydroxy dicarboxylic acids having the general formula
HOC(=O)[CH(OH)]nC(=O)OH, formally derived from an
aldose by
oxidation of both terminal carbon atoms to carboxyl groups.
Sources: PAC, 1995,
67, 1307. (
Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1312 [
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