The reaction mechanism involves the attack of the aldehyde from the free alcohol group.
Subsequent reduction of the peroxide bound produces the two alcohol groups.
More specifically, it features three primary alcohol groups in a compact neopentyl structure.
For those in the alcohol groups, the researchers waited until the blood alcohol level reached the legal limit to give the test.
Wilcoxon's signed-rank test was used to compare results from the alcohol group with control subjects.
This was significantly less than in the alcohol group (p<0.001).
Sugars that only have alcohol groups, like sorbitol, are much less prone to this decomposition.
A triol is a molecule with three alcohol groups.
It is composed of an alkane chain containing 3 alcohol groups, and 1 ester group.
On the flip side, doctors and alcohol groups were delighted - for now.