Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) was discovered in 1928 as the
agent in citrus that prevented scurvy. The structure of what
was then called hexuronic acid was identified by Haworth in
1933, and a process for its synthesis was described by
Reichstein in that same year.
In the ensuing years, a…
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