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Kiliani-Fischer synthesis
The Kiliani-Fischer synthesis is a method for synthesizing monosaccharides. It proceeds via synthesis and hydrolysis of a cyanohydrin, thus elongating the carbon chain of an aldose by one carbon atom while preserving stereochemistry on all the old chiral carbons.
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