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- Chemistry of ascorbic acid
Group of chemical compounds
Ascorbic acid is an organic compound with formula C6H8O6, originally called hexuronic acid. It is a white solid, but impure samples can appear yellowish. It dissolves freely in water to give mildly acidic solutions. It is a mild reducing agent. Ascorbic acid exists as two enantiomers (mirror-image isomers), commonly denoted " l" (for "levo") and " d" (for "dextro"). Wikipedia
