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Aldehyde

An aldehyde is a functional group characterized by an oxygen atom double bonded to a carbon atom at the end of a carbon chain, this carbon being bonded to just one other carbon atom:

Examples of simple aldehydes:

Methanal
Ethanal
Propanal[?]
Butanal[?]
Pentanal[?]

See also: Ketone

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