What is an aldehyde?

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Apr 15, 2018

It is a hydrocaron which has a "-CHO" group.

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Aldehydes have the functional group "#-CHO#" and has the suffix of "-al". and are often created as an intermediate product when when oxidizing alcohols into carboxylic acids.

An example of an aldehyde would be Ethanal: Quora

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