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DL-lactaldehyde
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Lactaldehyde is an intermediate in the methylglyoxal metabolic pathway. Methylglyoxal is converted to D-lactaldehyde by glycerol dehydrogenase (gldA). Lactaldehyde is then oxidized to lactic acid by aldehyde dehydrogenase.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 74.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-hydroxypropanal
- SMILES
- CC(C=O)O
- InChIKey
- BSABBBMNWQWLLU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.5
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- aldehydes
- Mass
- 74.036779
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- chemical formula
- C₃H₆O₂
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C=O)O
- Commons category
- Lactaldehyde
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Lactaldehyde is an intermediate in the methylglyoxal metabolic pathway. Methylglyoxal is converted to D-lactaldehyde by glycerol dehydrogenase (gldA). Lactaldehyde is then oxidized to lactic acid by aldehyde dehydrogenase.
== Structure == Lactaldehyde is a three-carbon atom species with a carbonyl group on the first carbon atom (making it an aldehyde), and a hydroxy group on the second carbon atom, making it a secondary alcohol. The molecule is chiral, its stereocenter being located on the second carbon atom.
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