α-Hydroxy
ketones,
RCH(OH)C(=O)R
.
So named from the fact that they are formally derived from reductive
coupling of carboxylic
acyl groups.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1312
