Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Glyceraldehyde (glyceral) is a triose monosaccharide with chemical formula C3H6O3. It is the simplest of all common aldoses. It is a sweet colorless crystalline solid that is an intermediate compound in carbohydrate metabolism. The word comes from combining glycerine and aldehyde as glyceraldehyde is merely glycerine with one hydroxymethylene group changed to an aldehyde.
