glycolaldehyde

glycolaldehyde
HOCH2CHO; the simplest (2-carbon) sugar; the aerobic deamination product of ethanolamine. SYN: diose.
- active glycoaldehyde 2-(1,2-dihydroxyethyl)thiamin pyrophosphate; a derivative formed in carbohydrate metabolism.

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gly·col·al·de·hyde .glī-(.)kȯl-'al-də-.hīd, -(.)kōl- n a compound that exists in solution as the diose C2H4O2 but that exists in the anhydrous state only as the crystalline dimer C4H8O4

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gly·col·al·de·hyde (gli″kol-alґdə-hīd) a two-carbon aldehyde moiety that is the activated intermediate transferred to aldoses by transketolase and is the precursor of glycolic acid. Called also glycoaldehyde.

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