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Describe glycerol as a triol and identify its systematic name
- Trihydric alcohols (also called triols) are compounds that have three hydroxyl groups in them.
- Glycerol is the simplest example of a triol. Glycerol molecules consist of a three-carbon chain with one hydroxyl group attached to each Carbon.
- The root of the name glycerol, glyco, means “sweet.”