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aldehyde

DEFINITIONS OF: aldehyde

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n any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

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ethanal trimer, paraldehyde
a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
acetaldehyde, ethanal
a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
formaldehyde, methanal
a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
furfural, furfuraldehyde
a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent
glyceraldehyde, glyceric aldehyde
a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars
propanal, propionaldehyde
a colorless liquid aldehyde
acrolein, propenal
a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
Type of:
organic compound
any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
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