Abstract

Glyoxylic acid contains one atom of oxygen less than oxalic acid, and may be considered as glycolic acid minus two atoms of hydrogen. It therefore bears to these two acids the same relation that oil of bitter almonds does to benzoic acid and benzylic alcohol. On another occasion it has been shown to possess other properties in common with hydride of benzoyl.

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