Glyceraldehyd
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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Glyceraldehyd eller 2,3-dihydroxipropanal är en trios, dvs. den enklaste formen av aldos. Det är en monosackarid med formeln C3H4O(OH)2.
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