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ALDEHYDE-ALCOHOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
Synonyms:
aldehyde-alcohol; aldol
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aldehyde-alcohol" is a kind of...):
organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aldehyde-alcohol"):
acetaldol (unsaturated aldol)
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