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Ketones vs Aldehyde - What's the difference?

ketones | aldehyde |

As nouns the difference between ketones and aldehyde

is that ketones is while aldehyde is (organic chemistry) any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (r ·cho) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.

ketones

English

Noun

(head)

    • aldehyde

    English

    (wikipedia aldehyde)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R ·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.

    • Derived terms

    * -al

    Related terms

    * formaldehyde (R = H) * acetaldehyde (R = CH3) * benzaldehyde (R = C6H5)

    See also

    * ketone ----