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Aldonic acids can be prepared by oxidation of the sugar with bromine. Alternatively, they arise by the homologation of an aldose using the Strecker reaction. They are generally found in their lactone form, with their ring structure similar to the original sugar's cyclic hemiacetal form, which is the form the sugar is usually found in. However, unlike hemiacetals, lactones do not have a chiral anomeric carbon, and they cannot form glycosidic linkages.