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Fischler and Boettner1 showed that pentoses can be split by alkali into glycolaldehyde and a triose. In the biochemical field, glycolaldehyde has been identified as a by-product in yeast fermentations, by Neuberg2, who assumed that it arose via hydroxypyruvic acid.
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KAUSHAL, R., JOWETT, P. & WALKER, T. Formation of Glycolaldehyde by Enzymic Scission of Pentoses. Nature 167, 949 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167949a0
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