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glyoxal Chem.|glaɪˈɒksəl| [f. gly-col + ox-alic + -al (in chloral, etc.).] A white amorphous solid, called also oxalic aldehyde. Hence glyoˈxalic a., in glyoxalic acid (see quot.).
1857H. Debus in Phil. Mag. 4th Ser. XIII. 40 This residue consisted almost entirely of the aldehyde of glyoxylic acid; I propose to call it Glyoxal, C2H4O3. 1858Fownes' Man. Chem. (ed. 7) 467 By treating ethylic alcohol with nitric acid, M. Debus has obtained two compounds—an aldehyde-like body, glyoxal, and an acid, glyoxalic acid, which obviously belong to the same series. 1869Roscoe Elem. Chem. xxxiii. 335 Glyoxal stands in the relation of an aldehyde to Glycol. |