Glycolaldehyde
CAS Registry Number®
141-46-8
CAS Name
GlycolaldehydeMolecular Formula
C2H4O2Molecular Mass
60.05Cite this Page
Glycolaldehyde. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=141-46-8 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 141-46-8). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
80 °C @ Press: 3 TorrMelting Point (2)
97 °CDensity (3)
1.065 g/cm³ (liquid)
Source(s)
- (1) Gebhardt, B.; Zeitschrift fuer Chemie, (1964), 4(5), 189, CAplus
- (2) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
- (3) Kim, Pyoungchung; Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, (2016), 118, 325-334, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C2H4O2/c3-1-2-4/h1,4H,2H2
InChIKey
InChIKey=WGCNASOHLSPBMP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C=O)O
Canonical SMILES
O=CCO
Other Names for this Substance
- Acetaldehyde, hydroxy-
- Glycolaldehyde
- Diose
- Glycolic aldehyde
- Hydroxyacetaldehyde
