User talk:Cic12345/Alpha hydroxy acid/TChem987 Peer Review

Peer Review Response
Hi TChem987,

Thank you for your peer review. I have made the appropriate changes and will share my response with you. Peer feedback will be copied in italics followed by my response.

The edits to this section make it sound like a story, which is not the purpose of the article.

This is correct. I have improved this by adding some transition sentences in attempt to create a better flow. These changes were also made in the industrial applications section.

I would recommend clarifying that AHAs are weak acids as it currently sounds as if you are saying they are strong acids.

I have added more information to the sentence that originally said "As part of the carboxylic acids family, some may assume AHAs are as weak acids." This information attempted to clarify that they were all weak acids but AHAs are stronger than non alpha hydroxy carboxylic acids. I feel that the lactic acid and propionic acid example helps clarify this.

''I would also love to see and expansions to general condensation polymers and include other examples of AHAs, not just lactic acid. I found some articles quite easily on the use of glycolic, citric, and [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pol.20200638#:~:text=Mandelic%20acid%20(MA)%20was%20utilized,of%20these%20materials%20were%20investigated. mandelic acid] polymers that I think would add value.''

Thank you for this recommendation! I added a section about poly(glycolic acid) using the source you provided. I also found an additional source about mandelic acid polymer's antiviral properties that I explained in an additional section. I chose not to add a section about citric acid as I felt it may be overwhelming for the reader. Also, the applications of glycolic and mandelic acid polymers felt the most relevant to the audience.

I would also clean up the reactions, as the formulas are hard to read without a chemistry background and maybe include skeletal molecular structures for the more complex structures.

I added a diagram for the first synthetic pathway and added some clarification about there being multiple pathways.

Thank you TChem987!

Cic12345 (talk) 22:04, 14 April 2023 (UTC)