Title: reductones
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - reductones
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.R05224
Status: current

Definition
Compounds containing an enediol structure stabilized by conjugation and hydrogen bonding with an adjacent carbonyl group, $\ce{RC(OH)=C(OH)C(=O)R}$. They are strong reducing agents, fairly strong acids and commonly derived from saccharides by oxidation at the carbon atom alpha to the carbonyl function, e.g. ascorbic acid.

Related Terms
- conjugation: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/C01267
- oxidation: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/O04362
- saccharides: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/S05441

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1363 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)

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Citation: Citation: 'reductones' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.R05224
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