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An X-ray study of DL-glyceraldehyde, dimerized by hemiacetal bondings, shows that the molecule has a chair-form symmetrical p-dioxan structure with all the hydroxy and hydroxymethyl groups bonded equatorially; the conformation is similar to that of β-D-glucopyranose.
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Senma et al. (1973) studied this question.
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