A colourless, acrid, liquid aldehyde obtained by dehydration of glycerol, used for making plastics and as an aquatic herbicide. Also called acrald…

A low-molecular-weight solid polymer of acetaldehyde, (C2H4O)n, used as a slug poison and as a portable fuel for cooking and heating. Cf. Meta, n.2

A formative analogous to tribromo-, comb._form, expressing the substitution of three atoms of chlorine for hydrogen, as in trichlorobenzene…

A colourless, very mobile liquid obtained from valerianates or from amylic alcohol. Also attributive.

in toluic acid, C8H8O2, an aromatic acid, homologous with benzoic acid, prepared from toluene, cymene, or xylene; so toluic aldehyde, C8H7OH, tolui…

A white amorphous solid, called also oxalic aldehyde.

= acrolein, n.

= propionaldehyde, n.

lauric acid, a white crystalline compound (C12H24O2) obtained from the berries of Laurus nobilis. Hence in lauric aldehyde, ether: names of…

o-hydroxybenzaldehyde, C7H6O2, a colourless volatile liquid having an odour of bitter almonds, which is found in oil from meadowsweet and related…

A solid organic aldehyde produced from aldol (3-hydroxybutanal) or acetaldehyde (ethanal) by a self-condensation reaction.

2-methylbutyraldehyde, (CH3)2CH·CH2·CHO, a liquid which occurs in peppermint, sandalwood, eucalyptus, and other oils.

A liquid aldehyde obtained by oxidation of rhodinol.

= acrolein, n.

= glyoxal, n.

a toxic aldehyde, CH3COCHO, which occurs naturally as a by-product of carbohydrate metabolism.

a hydrolysis product of lignin; para-coniferyl aldehyde, C6H2(OH)(OCH3)CH:CHCHO.

The aldehyde, CH2(CHO)2, of malonic acid, which occurs naturally as a breakdown product of lipid hydroperoxides and has mutagenic and cytotoxic…

an aldehyde structurally related to pyruvic acid, which is an intermediate in several metabolic processes.

A cyclic trimer of formaldehyde, (—CH2·O—)3, obtained as colourless, pliant crystals that are combustible and very volatile at room temperature.

Any aldehyde resulting from the hydrolysis of a plasmalogen.