As nouns the difference between monoaldehyde and semialdehyde
is that monoaldehyde is (organic chemistry) any aldehyde containing a single aldehydic group while semialdehyde is semialdehyde.
monoaldehyde
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en noun)
(organic chemistry) Any aldehyde containing a single aldehydic group semialdehyde
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Noun
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(organic chemistry) The monoaldehyde of a dicarboxylic acid; those of some amino acids are intermediates in biosynthesis