Methyl glyoxal

• Formula: C₃H₄O₂
• Molecular weight: 72.0627
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H4O2/c1-3(5)2-4/h2H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AIJULSRZWUXGPQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 78-98-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Pyruvaldehyde; Propanal, 2-oxo-; α-Ketopropionaldehyde; Acetylformaldehyde; Acetylformyl; Pyroracemic aldehyde; Pyruvic aldehyde; 2-Ketopropionaldehyde; 2-Oxopropanal; 1,2-Propanedione; CH3COCHO; Glyoxal, methyl; Propanedione; Propanolone; Propionaldehyde, 2-keto; Propionaldehyde, 2-oxo-; 1-Ketopropionaldehyde; NSC 79019; 2-Oxopropionaldehyde; NSC 626580
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Gas Chromatography

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References

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Moulds and Riley, 1938
Moulds, L.V.; Riley, H.L., The polymerisation of methylglyoxal, J. Chem. Soc., 1938, 621-626. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Bendall, 2001
Bendall, J.G., Aroma compounds of fresh milk from New Zealand cows fed different diets, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2001, 49, 10, 4825-4832, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf010334n . [all data]

Delabre and Bendall, 9999
Delabre, M.-L.; Bendall, J.F., Flavour ingredients from fermented dairy streams, Expression of Multidisciplinary Flavour Sci., 9999, 375-378. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas

  Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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