Hydroxycarboxylic acid

Parents

• ⬅️ Diol
• ⬅️ Hydroxyaldehyde
• ⬅️ Unsaturated carboxylic acid
• ⬅️ Halocarboxylic acid
• ⬅️ Ketocarboxylic acid
• ⬅️ Haloester
• ⬅️ Nitrile
• ⬅️ Hydroxynitrile
• ⬅️ Aliphatic polyester

Children

• ➡️ Aliphatic polyester
• ➡️ Ketocarboxylic acid
• ➡️ Dicarboxylic acid
• ➡️ Unsaturated carboxylic acid
• ➡️ Diol
• ➡️ Diester

Reactions

• Hydroxycarboxylic acid⟶Aliphatic polyester
• Hydroxycarboxylic acid⟶Ketocarboxylic acid
• Hydroxycarboxylic acid⟶Dicarboxylic acid
• Hydroxycarboxylic acid⟶Unsaturated carboxylic acid
• Hydroxycarboxylic acid⟶Diol
• Hydroxycarboxylic acid⟶Diester