👉 Glycolaldehyde is a compound that is not typically recognized as a specific chemical substance, but rather is more of a name. It is commonly used in the field of polymer science and chemistry to describe a type of aldehyde that acts like a diol, meaning it has a similar structure to diols but with an aldehyde group attached to one carbon atom instead of the terminal -OH. Glycolaldehyde is often used as a monomer or as a precursor for other types of
