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Hexanal vs Hexanone - What's the difference?

hexanal | hexanone |


In organic compound terms the difference between hexanal and hexanone

is that hexanal is the saturated aliphatic aldehyde having six carbon atoms while hexanone is any of several isomers of the saturated aliphatic ketone having six carbon atoms.