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Aldehyde

noun

Any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids.

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... nitroprusside solution, make alkaline with ammonia, then saturate with ammonium sulphate crystals. Acetone gives little colour on the addition of ammonia, but after the addition of ammonium sulphate a deep permanganate colour, which takes ten minutes to reach its full intensity. Aldehyde gives a carmine red ...

— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre

Words linked to "Aldehyde" : ethanal, propenal, ethanal trimer, methanal, propanal, furfural, acrolein, organic compound