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Jan 12, 2020 at 18:39 vote accept justbehappy
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Jun 18, 2015 at 17:28 comment added Jori @Jan Sure it's a hemi-acetal, thanks for pointing that out. I figured that OP's knowledge of chemistry is not very developed yet so I circumvented using the term. Again, thanks for your input.
Jun 18, 2015 at 17:02 comment added Jan Might be worth mentioning that the big difference of the $\alpha$ carbon is its oxidation state: Formally it's an aldehyde, not an alcohol. And in the OP's figure, one would call it hemi-acetal.
Jun 18, 2015 at 14:47 history answered Jori CC BY-SA 3.0