Glyoxylic acid

Glyoxylic acid
Skeletal formula of glyoxylic acid
Space-filling model of glyoxylic acid
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Oxoacetic acid[1]
Systematic IUPAC name
Oxoethanoic acid
Other names
Glyoxylic acid[1]
2-Oxoacetic acid
Formylformic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
741891
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
DrugBank
ECHA InfoCard 100.005.508 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 206-058-5
25752
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C2H2O3/c3-1-2(4)5/h1H,(H,4,5) checkY
    Key: HHLFWLYXYJOTON-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C2H2O3/c3-1-2(4)5/h1H,(H,4,5)
    Key: HHLFWLYXYJOTON-UHFFFAOYAU
  • C(=O)C(=O)O
Properties
C2H2O3
Molar mass 74.035 g·mol−1
Density 1.384 g/mL
Melting point 80 °C (176 °F; 353 K)[4]
Boiling point 111 °C (232 °F; 384 K)
Acidity (pKa) 3.18,[2] 3.32 [3]
Related compounds
Other anions
 glyoxylate
formic acid
acetic acid
glycolic acid
oxalic acid
propionic acid
pyruvic acid
Related compounds
 acetaldehyde
glyoxal
glycolaldehyde
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Glyoxylic acid or oxoacetic acid is an organic compound. Together with acetic acid, glycolic acid, and oxalic acid, glyoxylic acid is one of the C2 carboxylic acids. It is a colourless solid that occurs naturally and is useful industrially.

  1. ^ a b "Front Matter". Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 748. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  2. ^ Dissociation Constants Of Organic Acids and Bases (600 compounds), http://zirchrom.com/organic.htm.
  3. ^ pKa Data Compiled by R. Williams, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2010-06-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).
  4. ^ Merck Index, 11th Edition, 4394