Dihydric
alcohols, also known as
diols, in which the two hydroxy groups are on different carbon atoms, usually but not necessarily
adjacent. E.g.
HOCH2CH2OH
'
ethylene glycol' (ethane-1,2-diol),
HO[CH2]4OH
butane-1,4-diol.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1337
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
