Xylonic acid is a
sugar acid A Sugar acid or acidic sugar is a monosaccharide with a carboxyl group at one end or both ends of its chain.
Main classes of sugar acids include:
* Aldonic acids, in which the aldehyde group (−CHO) located at the initial end ( position 1) of an ...
that can be obtained by oxidation of the hemiacetal/aldehyde group of
xylose
Xylose ( grc, ξύλον, , "wood") is a sugar first isolated from wood, and named for it. Xylose is classified as a monosaccharide of the aldopentose type, which means that it contains five carbon atoms and includes an aldehyde functional gro ...
.
The C-2 epimer is known as lyxonic acid.
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Sugar acids
Monosaccharides
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