RefMet Compound Details

RefMet ID, RefMet name, exact mass and formula
RefMet ID	RM0157151
RefMet name	Glycolaldehyde
Systematic name	2-hydroxyacetaldehyde
Synonyms	PubChem Synonyms
Exact mass	60.021130 (neutral)	Calculate m/z: (Choose adduct) [M+H]+ [M+H-H2O]+ [M.]+ [M+2H]2+ [M+3H]3+ [M+4H]4+ [M+K]+ [M+2K]2+ [M+2K-H]+ [M+Na]+ [M+2Na]2+ [M+2Na-H]+ [M+Li]+ [M+2Li]2+ [M+NH4]+ [M.CH3]+ [M+Ag]+ [M+H+CH3OH]+ [M+H+CH3CN]+ [M+H+2CH3CN]+ [M+Na+CH3CN]+ [M.NaFormate+H]+ [M.NH4Formate+H]+ [M.TMSi]+ [M.tBuDMSi]+ [M+H-Hexose]+ [M+H-EtnP]+ [M+H-SerP]+ [M-H]- [M-H-H2O]- [M-CH3]- [M-2H]2- [M-3H]3- [M-4H]4- [M+Cl]- [M+OAc]- [M+Na-2H]- [M+K-2H]- [M.Formate]- [M.NaFormate-H]- [M.NH4Formate-H]- [M.F]- [M-H-Ser]- [M.HF2]- M(neutral)    View other RefMet entries with this exact (neutral) mass:   +/- 0.05 amu   +/- 0.1 amu   +/- 0.2 amu   +/- 0.5 amu
Formula	C2H4O2	View other entries in RefMet with this formula
Molecular descriptors
Molfile	38299 (Download molfile/View MW Metabolite Database details)
InChI	InChI=1S/C2H4O2/c3-1-2-4/h1,4H,2H2
InChIKey	WGCNASOHLSPBMP-UHFFFAOYSA-N	View other enantiomers/diastereomers of this metabolite in RefMet
SMILES	C(=O)CO Run Tanimoto similarity search (with similarity coefficient >=0.6)
Chemical/Biochemical Classification
Super Class	Organic oxygen compounds
Main Class	Carbonyl compounds
Sub Class	Short-chain aldehydes
Distribution of Glycolaldehyde in NMDR studies
Species	Plot Species distribution
Sample source	Plot Sample source(tissue) distribution
Platform	Platform (MS/NMR) used for detection
Chromatography	Chromatography methods used for detection
Studies	NMDR Studies reporting Glycolaldehyde
External Links
Pubchem CID	756
ChEBI ID	17071
KEGG ID	C00266
HMDB ID	HMDB0003344
Chemspider ID	736
MetaCyc ID	GLYCOLALDEHYDE
Spectral data for Glycolaldehyde standards
BMRB ID(NMR)	View NMR spectra
NP-MRD ID(NMR)	View NMR spectra
Structural annotation level
Annotation level	1   (1:Known structure; 2:Known regiochemistry; 3:Partial structure; 4:Sum-composition)