DL-glyceraldehyde
Also known as glycerinaldehyde, glyceric aldehyde, alpha,beta-dihydroxypropionaldehyde, glycerinformal, (+-)-glyceraldehyde, aldotriose, glycerose, 2,3-dihydroxypropanal
Glyceraldehyde (glyceral) is a triose monosaccharide with chemical formula C3H6O3. It is the simplest of all common aldoses. It is a sweet, colorless, crystalline solid that is an intermediate compound in carbohydrate metabolism. The word comes from combining glycerol and aldehyde, as glyceraldehyde is glycerol with one alcohol group oxidized to an aldehyde.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H6O3
- Molecular weight
- 90.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,3-dihydroxypropanal
- SMILES
- C(C(C=O)O)O
- InChIKey
- MNQZXJOMYWMBOU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1.6
- Polar surface area
- 57.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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7 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Aqueous and concentrated solutions of glyceraldehyde
- Nomenclature
- Synthesis and reactions
- Biochemistry
- See also
- References
Glyceraldehyde (glyceral) is a triose monosaccharide with chemical formula C3H6O3. It is the simplest of all common aldoses. It is a sweet, colorless, crystalline solid that is an intermediate compound in carbohydrate metabolism. The word comes from combining glycerol and aldehyde, as glyceraldehyde is glycerol with one alcohol group oxidized to an aldehyde.
== Structure == Glyceraldehyde has one chiral center and therefore exists as two different enantiomers with opposite optical rotation: In the nomenclature, either from Latin Dexter meaning "right", or from Latin Laevo meaning "left" In the R/S nomenclature, either R from Latin Rectus meaning "right", or S from Latin Sinister meaning "left"