“…Fragments which retain the ct-hydroxycarbonyl grouping will undergo browning alone in aqueous solutions; and, in the presence of amino compounds, the browning is greatly accelerated. The most highly reactive compounds are glycolaldehyde (76, 26), glyceraldehyde (36,65,774,783), pyruvaldehyde (36,39,44,774,783), acetol (79, 758, 788), dihydroxyacetone (774, 783), acetoin (26, 79, 758), and diacetyl (26,36,67,774). Acetaldehyde (35,39,726) is only slightly less reactive, aldol is still a little slower (67, 79, 726), and propionaldehyde is a very slow reactant (726).…”