Ascorbic acid

The structure of vitamin C was determined and named ascorbic acid (after the Greek for "no scurvy"). This six-carbon molecule was also determined to be identical to hexuronic acid.
Charles Glen King United States 1932
Ascorbic acid

The structure of vitamin C was determined and named ascorbic acid (after the Greek for "no scurvy"). This six-carbon molecule was also determined to be identical to hexuronic acid.