Talk:Glyceraldehyde

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Sorry! I was confused by the contradicting information about boiling point and melting point on this page (which was transfered to the german wikipedia). Due to Sigma-Aldrich catalog [1], D-glyceraldehyde (97 %) is a viscous liquid, but referring to my chemistry dictionary Roempp DL-glyceraldehyde is indeed a solid of mp 145 °C, whereas the enantiomers are obtained as syrups. Thus the boiling point must be wrong :). --87.122.34.149 11:12, 10 August 2006 (UTC) [2]

You are right. The reported boiling point was at reduced pressure. I've made the correction. --Ed (Edgar181) 12:46, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Additional CAS numbers: 56-82-6 (DL-glyceraldehyde), 453-17-8 (D-glyceraldehyde) --87.122.34.149 11:43, 10 August 2006 (UTC)