glyoxal
Sign in to saveGlyoxal is an organic compound with the chemical formula OCHCHO. It is the smallest dialdehyde (a compound with two aldehyde groups). It is a crystalline solid, white at low temperatures and yellow near the melting point (15 °C). The liquid is yellow, and the vapor is green.
Research
6,089 papers- Glyoxal as an alternative fixative to formaldehyde in immunostaining and super-resolution microscopy.The EMBO journal · 2018
- Glyoxal fixation: An approach to solve immunohistochemical problem in neuroscience research.Science advances · 2023
- Glyoxal in Foods: Formation, Metabolism, Health Hazards, and Its Control Strategies.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2024
- Glyoxal.International journal of toxicology · 2023
- Glyoxal as an alternative fixative for single-cell RNA sequencing.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023
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Glyoxal is an organic compound with the chemical formula OCHCHO. It is the smallest dialdehyde (a compound with two aldehyde groups). It is a crystalline solid, white at low temperatures and yellow near the melting point (15 °C). The liquid is yellow, and the vapor is green.
Pure glyoxal is not commonly encountered because glyoxal is usually handled as a 40% aqueous solution (density near 1.24 g/mL). It forms a series of hydrates, including oligomers. For many purposes, these hydrated oligomers behave equivalently to glyoxal. Glyoxal is produced industrially as a precursor to many products.