Whats the difference between glycol and glycoxyl?

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anor277
Jan 27, 2018

Do you mean between #"a glycol"#, and #"glyoxal"#?

Explanation:

#"Glyoxal"# is dialdehyde, #H(O=)C-C(=O)H#...the which is commonly used as a precursor for organic synthesis...

On the other hand #"a glycol"# is a dialcohol...i.e. #"ethylene glycol"# #-=# #HOH_2C-CH_2OH#...here the carbon oxidation state is #-I#, whereas in glyoxal the carbon oxidation state is #+I#.

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