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:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• 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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Phase change data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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