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Decanol vs Decanal - What's the difference?

decanol | decanal |

As nouns the difference between decanol and decanal

is that decanol is a straight chain fatty alcohol with the chemical formula C10H21(OH), used in manufacture of plasticizers, lubricants, surfactants and solvents while decanal is the simple aliphatic aldehyde, CH3(CH2)8CHO, related to capric acid.

As an adjective decanal is

pertaining to a dean or deanery.

decanol

English

(wikipedia decanol)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A straight chain fatty alcohol with the chemical formula C10H21(OH), used in manufacture of plasticizers]], lubricants, surfactants and [[solvent, solvents.

    • Usage notes

    The atoms of decanol can arrange in five different configurations, resulting in substances with slightly differerent properties. The variants are differentiated from each other by numbering them from 1-decanol to 5-decanol.

    Synonyms

    * capric alcohol * decyl alcohol * hydroxydecane

    decanal

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
  • * (rfdate)
    • His rectorial as well as decanal residence.
  • * (rfdate)
    • Decanal' side, the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed. ' Decanal stall, the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, on the right or south side of the chancel.

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) the simple aliphatic aldehyde, CH3(CH2)8CHO, related to capric acid
    • Synonyms
    * capraldehyde, capric aldehyde

    See also

    * ("decanal" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

    * (Webster 1913)