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CHEBI:17071 - glycolaldehyde

ChEBI IDCHEBI:17071
ChEBI Nameglycolaldehyde
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DefinitionThe glycolaldehyde derived from ethylene glycol. The parent of the class of glycolaldehydes.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:5474, CHEBI:14347, CHEBI:24386
Last Modified6 June 2022
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FormulaC2H4O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass60.052
Monoisotopic Mass60.02113
SMILES[H]C(=O)CO
InChIInChI=1S/C2H4O2/c3-1-2-4/h1,4H,2H2
InChIKeyWGCNASOHLSPBMP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562) - PubMed (21988831)
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ncbitaxon:4932) - PubMed (24678285) Source: yeast.sf.net
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
fundamental metabolite  Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
glycolaldehyde (CHEBI:17071) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675)
glycolaldehyde (CHEBI:17071) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
glycolaldehyde (CHEBI:17071) is a glycolaldehydes (CHEBI:24387)
glycolaldehyde (CHEBI:17071) is tautomer of (Z)-1,2-ethenediol (CHEBI:131198)
Incoming Relation(s)
glycolaldehyde phosphate (CHEBI:136456) has functional parent glycolaldehyde (CHEBI:17071)
glycolaldehyde triphosphate (CHEBI:137677) has functional parent glycolaldehyde (CHEBI:17071)
(Z)-1,2-ethenediol (CHEBI:131198) is tautomer of glycolaldehyde (CHEBI:17071)
IUPAC Name 
hydroxyacetaldehyde
Synonyms  Source
GLYCOALDEHYDEChemIDplus
GlycolaldehydeKEGG COMPOUND
Glycolic aldehydeChemIDplus
glycollaldehydeNIST Chemistry WebBook
HydroxyacetaldehydeKEGG COMPOUND
Methylol formaldehydeChemIDplus
UniProt Name  Source
glycolaldehydeUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00007457KNApSAcK
C00266KEGG COMPOUND
C00266KEGG COMPOUND
DW3PDBeChem
ECMDB02165ECMDB
FDB030893FooDB
GlycolaldehydeWikipedia
GLYCOLALDEHYDEMetaCyc
HMDB0003344HMDB
YMDB00343YMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:506029Reaxys
CAS:141-46-8ChemIDplus
CAS:141-46-8KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:141-46-8NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations