alditol

English

Etymology

ald(ose) + -itol

Noun

alditol (plural alditols)

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of acyclic polyols formally derived from an aldose by reduction of the carbonyl functional group.

Hypernyms

sugar alcohol

Related terms

aldehyde, aldol, aldose

Translations

acyclic polyol

Spanish: alditol m

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aldiˈtol/ [al̪.d̪iˈt̪ol]
Rhymes: -ol
Syllabification: al‧di‧tol

Noun

alditol m (plural alditoles)

(organic chemistry) alditol

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