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Structures of sugar derivatives analyzed in this work. The compounds are composed of two to six carbons, 2C−6C. Sugar alcohols are commonly defined by the corresponding (parent) sugars, e.g., ribitol is the reduced form of ribose. Deoxy sugar acids (*) are acids with at least one carbon not bonded to an −OH group. Sugar alcohols are underlined.
