Definition of Aldehyde-alcohol

1. Noun. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO).

Exact synonyms: Aldol
Specialized synonyms: Acetaldol
Generic synonyms: Organic Compound

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aldehyde-alcohol

alcyonoid
alcyonoids
aldactazide
aldadiene
aldaric
aldaric acid
aldaric acids
aldazine
aldazines
aldea
aldeas
aldebaran
aldebaranium
aldehol
aldehyde
aldehyde-alcohol (current term)
aldehyde-ketone transferases
aldehyde-lyases
aldehyde DPN transhydrogenase
aldehyde TPN transhydrogenase
aldehyde base
aldehyde decarbonylase
aldehyde dehydrogenase
aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD(P)+)
aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD+)
aldehyde dehydrogenase (acylating)
aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase
aldehyde fuchsin
aldehyde group
aldehyde oxidase

Literary usage of Aldehyde-alcohol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Compendium of Chemistry by Carl Arnold (1904)
"It may be artificially prepared by the action of nascent hydrogen upon its aldehyde alcohol, galactose, C^H^O., as well as from milk-sugar. ..."

2. Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners by William Simon (1898)
"The escaping vapors, which are a mixture of aldehyde, alcohol, and water, are collected in a receiver kept cold by ice. From this mixture pure aldehyde may ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"... liquid which passes over begins to redden litmus, which it does when the distillate amounts to 3 pts. The distillate, consisting of aldehyde, alcohol, ..."

4. Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners by William Simon (1916)
"The escaping vapors, which are a mixture of aldehyde, alcohol, and water, are collected in a receiver kept cold by ice. From this mixture pure aldehyde may ..."

5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1853)
"The distillate, consisting of aldehyde, alcohol, &c., is mixed with an equal weight of chloride of calcium, and distilled (the receiver being constantly ..."

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