OBO ID: CHEBI:2468 |
Term Name: | secondary alpha-hydroxy ketone | Search Ontology: | |
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Definition: | An alpha-hydroxy ketone in which the carbonyl group and the hydroxy group are linked by a carbon bearing one hydrogen and one organyl group. Secondary alpha-hydroxy ketones are also known as acyloins, and are formally derived from reductive coupling of two carboxylic acid groups. | ||
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Ontology: | Chebi |
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