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nounany of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acidstype of:
Definition that contains aldehyde
- furfural a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent
- formalin a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
- paraldehyde a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
- formol a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
- aldehydic of or related to or containing aldehydes
- melamine resin a thermosetting resin formed from melamine and an aldehyde; used in molded products, adhesives, and coatings
- propionaldehyde a colorless liquid aldehyde
- 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)
- acrolein a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
- foryml (chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes