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Aldose
An
aldose
is a
monosaccharide
(a simple sugar) that contains only one
aldehyde
(-CH=O) group per
molecule
. The
chemical formula
takes the form C
n
(H
2
O)
n
. The simplest possible aldose is the
diose
glycolaldehyde
, which only contains two
carbon
atoms
.
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