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aldehydes

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Also known as aldehyde

150px|alt=Aldehyde structure|thumb|class=skin-invert|Aldehyde structure

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28 sections
Contents
  • Structure and bonding
  • Physical properties and characterization
  • Applications and occurrence
  • Naturally occurring aldehydes
  • Hydroformylation
  • Oxidative routes
  • Specialty methods
  • Acid-base reactions
  • Enolization
  • Reduction
  • Oxidation
  • Nucleophilic addition reactions
  • Oxygen nucleophiles
  • Nitrogen nucleophiles
  • Carbon nucleophiles
  • Bisulfite reaction
  • More complex reactions
  • Dialdehydes
  • Biochemistry
  • Examples of aldehydes
  • Examples of dialdehydes
  • Uses
  • Nomenclature
  • IUPAC names for aldehydes
  • Etymology
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

150px|alt=Aldehyde structure|thumb|class=skin-invert|Aldehyde structure

In organic chemistry, an aldehyde () (lat. alcohol dehydrogenatum, dehydrogenated alcohol) is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure . The functional group itself (without the "R" side chain) can be referred to as an aldehyde but can also be classified as a formyl group. Aldehydes are a common motif in many chemicals important in technology and biology.

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