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GLYOXAL
A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, 2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.
GLYOXALIC
Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid.
GLYOXALINE
A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.