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glyoxal

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A white, amorphous, deliquescent solid (CHO.CHO), soluble in water and alcohol. It is an aldehyde of oxalic acid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry The dialdehyde ethanedial derived from ethylene glycol; it is used in the preparation of modified starch for the paper industry.

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Examples

  • MVK will further react to give methyl glyoxal, which is also a product of the photooxidation of alkylated benzenes like toluene and xylene.

    Archive 2007-08-01 James Killus 2007

  • MVK will further react to give methyl glyoxal, which is also a product of the photooxidation of alkylated benzenes like toluene and xylene.

    Isoprene James Killus 2007

  • The next one is methyl glyoxal, with a single added methyl group: H(C=O)(C=O)CH3.

    Hot Buttered James Killus 2008

  • It forms a significant amount of methyl glyoxal, and that was what I was looking for.

    Hot Buttered James Killus 2008

  • Methyl glyoxal photolyzes like crazy, and it turned out to be the powerful radical source in the toluene system when we were earlier studying toluene.

    Isoprene James Killus 2007

  • Methyl glyoxal photolyzes like crazy, and it turned out to be the powerful radical source in the toluene system when we were earlier studying toluene.

    Archive 2007-08-01 James Killus 2007

  • The resins most commonly used for these purposes are urea, glyoxal, carbonate, and melamine formaldehyde compounds.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • The resins most commonly used for these purposes are urea, glyoxal, carbonate, and melamine formaldehyde compounds.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • The resins most commonly used for these purposes are urea, glyoxal, carbonate, and melamine formaldehyde compounds.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • The resins most commonly used for these purposes are urea, glyoxal, carbonate, and melamine formaldehyde compounds.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

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