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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
- acetal any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules
- glyceric aldehyde a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars
- glyceraldehyde a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars
- polyvinyl-formaldehyde a polymer of vinyl formaldehyde
- aldol an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
- ethanal trimer 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