Re: Glyoxal

Philippe Monnoyer (philippe.monnoyer@fundp.ac.be)
Wed, 05 Nov 1997 18:17:57 +0100

At 03:49 4/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>Can glyoxal harden OR chemically react with gum arabic?

If formaldehyde does, glyoxal certainly will because glyoxal has the same
chemical functions than formaldehyde, but twice as much. Now, is it more or
less reactive, experience should tell it.
I would expect it to be at least as hardening as formaldehyde.

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Philippe
PhD Student in Chemistry
Belgium