Monosaccharides in which a structure containing a
keto group and a carboxylic acid group is in equilibrium with a
hemiacetal structure. Specific compounds are named using the -ulosonic acid suffix. E.g.
d-arabino-hexulosonic acid:
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1346