Acetaldehyde, hydroxy-

• Formula: C₂H₄O₂
• Molecular weight: 60.0520
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H4O2/c3-1-2-4/h1,4H,2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WGCNASOHLSPBMP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 141-46-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Glycolaldehyde; Diose; Glycolic aldehyde; Hydroxyacetaldehyde; Methylol formaldehyde; Monomethylolformaldehyde; HOCH2CHO; Glycoaldehyde; NSC 67935; glycollaldehyde
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Individual Reactions

C₂H₃O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₂H₃O₂^- + H⁺ = C₂H₄O₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard

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Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₂H₃O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₂H₃O₂^- + H⁺ = C₂H₄O₂

References

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Dawson and Nibbering, 1980
Dawson, J.H.J.; Nibbering, N.M.M., The gas phase anionic chemistry of saturated and unsaturated aliphatic nitriles, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1980, 33, 3. [all data]

Holmes and Lossing, 1984
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Heats of formation of organic radicals from appearance energies, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1984, 58, 113. [all data]

Holmes, Lossing, et al., 1982
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; Terlouw, J.K.; Burgers, P.C., The radical cation [CH₂OH₂]⁺ and related stable gas phase ion-dipole complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1982, 104, 2931. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions

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