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Aldol

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A thick, colorless to pale yellow liquid, C4H8O2, obtained from acetaldehyde and used in perfumery and as a solvent.

n. A similar aldehyde.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta- position

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A compound, CH3CHOHCH2CHO, formed by the condensation of acetaldehyde by means of zinc chlorid. The official name is butanalol-3.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"Last night I was even at the stage of sitting in the exam hall waiting to be told to open the test paper, when I realised that I could recall not one of the countless details of reagents, methods and strategies involved in the Grignard reaction in particular (yes, alkylmagnesium, I know that much) or the aldol reaction, Claesen rerrangement, Friedel-Crafts acylation and all the rest."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

organic compound

Cross Reference

aldol condensation

Hyponym

acetaldol

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