Defenition of the word aldehyde

• Defenition of the word aldehyde

  • An organic compound containing a terminal carbonyl group, i.e., a O=CH- group attached to hydrogen or a carbon chain.
  • any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

Hyponyms for the word aldehyde

• • acetaldehyde
  • acrolein
  • ethanal
  • ethanal trimer
  • formaldehyde
  • furfural
  • furfuraldehyde
  • glyceraldehyde
  • glyceric aldehyde
  • methanal
  • paraldehyde
  • propanal
  • propenal
  • propionaldehyde

Hypernyms for the word aldehyde

• • chemical compound
  • compound
  • organic compound

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