aldehyde

1. Any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds;
   Used in making resins and dyes and organic acids (synset 114608945)
   is a type of: organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
   subtypes:

   • ethanal trimer, paraldehyde - a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
   • acetaldehyde, ethanal - a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
   • formaldehyde, methanal - a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
   • furfural, furfuraldehyde - a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent
   • glyceraldehyde, glyceric aldehyde - a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars
   • propanal, propionaldehyde - a colorless liquid aldehyde
   • acrolein, propenal - a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene

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