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Aldehyde

Aldehyde Meaning & Definition
Aldehyde Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aldehyde?

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

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See Also | acetaldehyde | acrolein | ethanal | ethanal trimer | formaldehyde | furfural | furfuraldehyde | glyceraldehyde | glyceric aldehyde | methanal | organic compound | paraldehyde | propanal | propenal | propionaldehyde

Aldehyde In Webster's Dictionary

\Al"de*hyde\, n. [Abbrev. fr. alcohol dehydrogenatum, alcohol deprived of its hydrogen.] (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation. Note: The aldehydes are intermediate between the alcohols and acids, and differ from the alcohols in having two less hydrogen atoms in the molecule, as common aldehyde (called also {acetic aldehyde} or {ethyl aldehyde}), {C2H4O}; methyl aldehyde, {CH2O}. {Aldehyde ammonia} (Chem.), a compound formed by the union of aldehyde with ammonia.

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