Aldehyde

Of organic compound.

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

This concept's ID is @1~73659

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  • propenal 0 facts

    A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene.

  • furfural 0 facts

    A liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in...

  • paraldehyde 0 facts

    A colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and...

  • formaldehyde 0 facts

    A colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol.

  • glyceraldehyde 0 facts

    A sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars.

  • acetaldehyde 0 facts

    A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture...

  • propanal 0 facts

    A colorless liquid aldehyde.