a colourless volatile pungent liquid, miscible with water, used in the manufacture of organic compounds and as a solvent and reducing agent. Formula: CH3CHO
Systematic name: ethanal
ethanal in American English
(ˈeθəˌnæl, -nl)
noun
Chemistry
acetaldehyde
Word origin
[ethane + -al3]-al is a suffix indicating that a compound contains an aldehyde group. Other words thatuse the affix -al include: acetal, benzal, chloral, citronellal, neral
Examples of 'ethanal' in a sentence
ethanal
Ethanal, hexanal, 2-furfural, and benzaldehyde were identified as byproducts of known toxicity but all found below levels for concern.
Wenda Zhu, Jacek A. Koziel, Lingshuang Cai, H. Duygu Özsoy, J. (Hans) van Leeuwen 2014, 'Quantification of Carbonyl Compounds Generated from Ozone-Based Food Colorants DecompositionUsing On-Fiber Derivatization-SPME-GC-MS', Chromatographyhttp://www.mdpi.com/2227-9075/2/1/1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results showed that the sulfur dioxide helped the formation of ethanal in the grape varieties studied.
Marco Antonio SALTON, Carlos Eugenio DAUDT, Luiz Antenor RIZZON 2000, 'Influência do dióxido de enxofre e cultivares de videira na formação de alguns compostosvoláteis e na qualidade sensorial do destilado de vinho Influence of sulfur dioxideand grape varieties at the formation of some volatile compounds and at the sensoryquality of the wine distillate', Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612000000300005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)