alditol

ald(ose) + -itol

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.

• sugar alcohol

• aldehyde, aldol, aldose

 

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• IPA^(key): /aldiˈtol/ [al̪.d̪iˈt̪ol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: al‧di‧tol

alditol m (plural alditoles)

1. (organic chemistry) alditol