alditol

English

Etymology

ald(ose) + -itol

Noun

alditol (plural alditols)

1. (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)

1. (organic chemistry) alditol