Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Glycer
aldehyde
:
An
aldotriose
monosaccharide
with the
molecular structure
shown below. The simplest
aldose
.
Molecular Structure
of (
D
)-(
+
)-
Glycer
aldehyde
Fischer projection
Related terms:
Tetrose
,
pentose
,
hexose
,
aldose
,
ketose
,
ketotriose
,
aldotetrose
,
ketotetrose
,
aldopentose
,
ketopentose
,
aldohexose
,
ketohexose
,
disaccharide
,
oligosaccharide
,
polysaccharide
,
L
,
(-)
,
wedges
,
CHO
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