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Derivatives of the Monosaccharides

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Free aldonic acids, such as gluconic acid, are in equilibrium in solution with lactones, which are cyclic esters, in this case involving the C1 carboxyl and the C5 hydroxyl.

Found in the pentose-phosphate pathway.
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