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secondary alpha-hydroxy ketone
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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.
Term info
Label
secondary alpha-hydroxy ketone
Subsets
3_STAR
charge
0
formula
C2H2O2R2
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
secondary alpha-hydroxy-ketones, secondary alpha-hydroxy-ketone, acyloin, secondary alpha-hydroxy ketones, secondary alpha-hydroxyketones, secondary alpha-hydroxyketone, acyloins
id
CHEBI:2468
mass
58.036
monoisotopicmass
58.00548
smiles
C(C(=O)*)(O)([H])*