hydroxydehydes
Hydroxydehydes is a non-standard term that may be used to refer to aldehydes bearing one or more hydroxyl substituents along the carbon chain. In common chemical usage, these compounds are more precisely described as hydroxyaldehydes or polyhydroxy aldehydes. A prominent subset consists of aldoses, which are aldehydes with multiple hydroxyl groups, such as glyceraldehyde (2,3-dihydroxypropanal) and, in linear form, glucose.
Structural features of hydroxydehydes include a balance between the reactive aldehyde group and the adjacent, highly
Chemically, the aldehyde function can undergo oxidation to furnish hydroxyacids or further oxidation to dicarboxylic acids,
Occurrences of hydroxydehydes are common in biology and industry. They appear as intermediates in carbohydrate metabolism,