2. What is the structural
formula of glycerol? To which
organic function do these
molecules belong?

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is a linear chain of three
carbons; the central carbon is bound to
one hydroxyl radical and to one
hydrogen and the two other in
the extremi are bound to a hydroxyl
radical and to two hydrogens. Spatial
sides of the are the same.