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| Keywords: Ascorbic acid isomers.svg ascorbic acid L-ascorbic acid Vitamin C 1a ; D-ascorbic acid 1b ; L-isoascorbic acid 2a ; D-isoascorbic acid or D-erythorbic acid 2b Isoascorbic acid by definition has D chirality on the carbon in its hydroxyl chain the L and D in its name therefore referring to the chirality of the carbon atom in the pentacycle Conversly the L and D in ascorbic acids name refers to the chirality on the carbon in the hydroxyl chain Ascorbinsäure L-Ascorbinsäure 1a D-Ascorbinsäure 1b ; L-Isoascorbinsäure 2a ; D-Isoascorbinsäure 2b Own Yikrazuul 2009-02-07 Ascorbic acid | ||||
