Methylglyoxal
CAS Registry Number®
78-98-8
CAS Name
MethylglyoxalMolecular Formula
C3H4O2Molecular Mass
72.06Cite this Page
Methylglyoxal. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=78-98-8 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 78-98-8). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
72 °CMelting Point (1)
<25 °CDensity (2)
1.0455 g/cm³ @ Temp: 24 °C
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
- (2) Fischer, H. O. L.; Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft [Abteilung] B: Abhandlungen, (1924), 57B, 1502-7, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C3H4O2/c1-3(5)2-4/h2H,1H3
InChIKey
InChIKey=AIJULSRZWUXGPQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C=O)(C)=O
Canonical SMILES
O=CC(=O)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Propanal, 2-oxo-
- Pyruvaldehyde
- 2-Oxopropanal
- Acetylformaldehyde
- Acetylformyl
