History of Ascorbic acid

	Revision 8 . . October 18, 2001 5:18 am by The Cunctator [*I don't buy the merge]
	Revision 7 . . October 18, 2001 3:27 am by Rmhermen

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Changed: 1c1,2

#REDIRECT Vitamin C

An organic acid, C6H8O6.

Added: 2a4,12

Melting point: 190-192 C. It is easily oxidized, and as such is used as a reductant in photographic developer solutions. The L enantiomer of ascorbic acid is also known as Vitamin C. The SMILES string for ascorbic acid is C1(O)=C(O)C(=O)OC1(C(O)(CC)).