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  • 19-06-2018
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Polyhydroxyl alcohols are alcohols with more than one hydroxyl group attached to a carbon sequence. True or false?

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Dejanras
Dejanras Dejanras
  • 28-06-2018
Answer is: True.

Example for polyhydroxyl alcohol is glycerol.
Glycerol (1,2,3-Propanetriol, glycerine or glycerin) is a simple polyol (it has three hydroxyl group) compound with formula (OH-CH₂-CH(OH)-CH₂OH or C₃H₈O₃). 
The glycerine backbone is found in all lipids known as triglycerides. (ester derived from glycerol and three fatty acids).
Glycerol is soluble in water and it is hygroscopic.

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