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nounany organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde moleculestype of:
Definition that contains acetal
- paraldehyde a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
- aldose a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal
- aldol an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
- aldehyde-alcohol an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
- hemiacetal an organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones
- ethanal trimer a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
- ketose any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal