A term which includes
aldoses,
ketoses and a wide variety of derivatives. Derivation includes
oxidation, deoxygenation, introduction of other substituents, alkylation and acylation of hydroxy
groups, and
chain branching. E.g.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1349
InChI=1/C5H10O4/c6-3-1-5(8)9-2-4(3)7/h3-8H,1-2H2/t3?,4-,5-/m0/s1
InChI=1/C8H14O4/c1-5(9)12-4-6-2-7(10)3-8(6)11/h6-8,10-11H,2-4H2,1H3/t6-,7-,8+/m0/s1
InChI=1/C5H10O4/c6-2-1-4(8)5(9)3-7/h2,4-5,7-9H,1,3H2
ZVQAVWAHRUNNPG-ZZJOKYKRBY
ZAFJHIGWDPZLTI-BIIVOSGPBK
ASJSAQIRZKANQN-UHFFFAOYAS
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.
