Why the dihydroxyacetone phosphate is called that way when it has only one OH ?
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Because it is the phosphoester of dihydroxyacetone. One of the -OH groups was used in the esterification reaction.
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$\begingroup$ Mar 16 2020 ... Link is broken, any chance to update to a working one? Thanks! $\endgroup$ Mar 16, 2020 at 16:34