Definition of Aldehide
Aldehyde, a limpid, very volatile liquid, of a suffocating odour,
obtained from the oxidation of alcohol.
- Wikipedia
Al"de*hyde (&?;), n. [Abbrev. fr.
alcohol dehydrogenatum, alcohol deprived of its hydrogen.]
(Chem.) A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained
from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
&fist; The aldehydes are intermediate between the alcohols and
acids, and differ from the alcohols in having two less hydrogen atoms in
the molecule, as common aldehyde (called also acetic aldehyde
or ethyl aldehyde), C2H4O; methyl
aldehyde, CH2O.
Aldehyde ammonia (Chem.), a compound formed
by the union of aldehyde with ammonia.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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