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oxoacetic acid

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oxoacetic acid

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Also known as oxalaldehydic acid, oxoethanoic acid, formylformic acid, alpha-ketoacetic acid, oxaldehydic acid, 2-oxoacetic acid, glyoxalic acid, α-ketoacetic acid

acetic acid bearing an aldehyde group

Chemical data

Formula
C2H2O3
Molecular weight
74.04 g/mol
IUPAC name
oxaldehydic acid
SMILES
C(=O)C(=O)O
InChIKey
HHLFWLYXYJOTON-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
-0.3
Polar surface area
54.4 Ų
H-bond donors
1
H-bond acceptors
3
Formal charge
0

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Encyclopedic overview

Glyoxylic acid or oxoacetic acid is an organic compound. Together with acetic acid, glycolic acid, and oxalic acid, glyoxylic acid is one of the C2 carboxylic acids. It is a colourless solid that occurs naturally and is useful industrially.

Structure and nomenclature

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “oxoacetic acid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.