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Butanol vs Butanal - What's the difference?

butanol | butanal |

In organic compound terms the difference between butanol and butanal

is that butanol is any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C4H9-OH while butanal is butyraldehyde.

butanol

English

(wikipedia butanol)

Noun

  • (organic compound) Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C4H9-OH
  • # or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH3(CH2)3-OH
  • # or sec-butanol - CH3CH2CH(CH3)-OH
  • # or iso-butanol - (CH3)2CHCH2-OH
  • # or tert-butanol - (CH3)3C-OH

    • butanal

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) butyraldehyde