
Glyoxylic Acid
Glyoxylic acid is a 2-oxo monocarboxylic acid that is acetic acid bearing an oxo group at the alpha carbon atom. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a human metabolite. It is an aldehydic acid and a 2-oxo monocarboxylic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a glyoxylate. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- oxaldehydic acid
- Molecular formula
- C2H2O3
- Molecular weight
- 74.04 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 74.000393922 Da
- XLogP3
- -0.3
- Topological polar surface area
- 54.4 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 3
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:16891
- ChEBI:CHEBI:51848
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1162545
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5021594
- PubMed:23125844
- PubMed:23109847
- PubMed:23088097
- PubMed:23062201
- PubMed:23031654
- PubMed:23029411
- PubMed:22990486
- PubMed:22975258
- PubMed:22970650
- PubMed:22925209
- PubMed:22916495
- PubMed:22916289
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