aldehyde
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Aldehyd, a contraction of the Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogenātum).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈæl.dɪ.haɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]aldehyde (plural aldehydes)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
- 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 180:
- The air smells of strange, oceanic aldehydes.
Derived terms
[edit]- acetic aldehyde
- -al
- aldazine
- aldehyde oxidase
- aldehydic
- aldehydic acid
- aldimine
- aldol
- aminoaldehyde
- amino aldehyde
- bioaldehyde
- chinaldine
- cinnamaldehyde
- coniferyl aldehyde
- crotonaldehyde
- dialdehyde
- glutaraldehyde
- haloaldehyde
- heteroaldehyde
- isoaldehyde
- ketoaldehyde
- melon aldehyde
- monoaldehyde
- oxaldehyde
- oxoaldehyde
- perillaldehyde
- pivalaldehyde
- polyaldehyde
- selenoaldehyde
- semialdehyde
- strawberry aldehyde
- syringaldehyde
- thioaldehyde
- trialdehyde
- Zincke aldehyde
Related terms
[edit]- formaldehyde (R = H)
- acetaldehyde (R = CH3)
- benzaldehyde (R = C6H5)
Translations
[edit]organic compound of the general formula R·CHO
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[edit]Noun
[edit]aldehyde m (plural aldehyden)
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