glycolaldehyde

Noun

Meaning

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glycolaldehyde (countable and uncountable, plural glycolaldehydes)

(organic chemistry) The hydroxyaldehyde HO-CH2-CHO related to ethylene glycol; the only biose

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Examples

The molecule was found around the protostellar binary IRAS 16293-2422, which is located 400 light years from Earth. citation citation Glycolaldehyde is needed to form ribonucleic acid, or RNA, which is similar in function to DNA. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

glycol ether glycol modified glycol nucleic acid glycolamide glycolate glycolated