Preferred Label : reductones;
IUPAC definition : Compounds containing an enediol structure stabilized by conjugation and hydrogen bonding
with an adjacent carbonyl group, RC(OH) C(OH)C( O)R. They are strong reducing agents,
fairly strong acids and commonly derived from saccharides by oxidation at the carbon
atom alpha to the carbonyl function, e.g. ascorbic acid.;
Origin ID : R05224;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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Compounds containing an enediol structure stabilized by conjugation and hydrogen bonding
with an adjacent carbonyl group, RC(OH) C(OH)C( O)R. They are strong reducing agents,
fairly strong acids and commonly derived from saccharides by oxidation at the carbon
atom alpha to the carbonyl function, e.g. ascorbic acid.
