aldehyde
pronunciation
How to pronounce aldehyde in British English:
UK ['ældɪhaɪd]
How to pronounce aldehyde in American English:
US ['ældəˌhaɪd]
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- Noun:
- any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
Word Origin
- aldehyde (n.)
- first oxidation product of alcohol, 1833, discovered in 1774 by German-born Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), the name said to have been coined by German chemist Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) from abbreviation of Modern Latin alcohol dehydrogenatum "dehydrogenated alcohol."
Example
- 1. The enzyme aldehyde decarbonylase helps remove this group to form a chain of hydrogen and carbon atoms -- the hydrocarbon .
- 2. Phenolic aldehyde fibre glass moulding compounds for electrical insulation .
- 3. Proline-catalyzed direct aldol reaction between acetone and aldehyde .
- 4. Study of synthesize technology of salicylic aldehyde .
- 5. It is classified as an aldose , a designation for sugars containing an aldehyde group .