What is the structural formula of glycerol? To which organic function do these molecules belong?
Glycerol is a linear chain of 3 carbons; the central carbon is bound to one hydroxyl radical and to one hydrogen and the two other carbons in the extremities are bound to a hydroxyl radical and to two hydrogens. Spatial sides of the hydroxyls are the similar.
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