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Kiliani reaction

A method of synthesizing a higher aldose from a lower aldose; monosaccharides, such as aldehydes and ketones, react with hydrogen cyanide to form cyanohydrins, which are hydrolyzed to hydroxy acids, converted to lactones, and reduced to aldoses with sodium amalgams.

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