different between aldehyde vs acrolein

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aldehyd, a contraction of the Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogen?tum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl.d?.ha?d/

Noun

aldehyde (plural aldehydes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.

Derived terms

• -al

Related terms

• formaldehyde (R = H)
• acetaldehyde (R = CH₃)
• benzaldehyde (R = C₆H₅)

Translations

See also

• ketone

Anagrams

• headedly

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aldehyd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ld???id?/
• Hyphenation: al?de?hy?de

Noun

aldehyde m (plural aldehyden)

1. (organic chemistry) aldehyde

Related terms

• -al

English

Etymology

From Latin acer (“sharp”) + ole? (“smell”, verb).

Pronunciation

enPR: ?-kr??-l?-?n

Noun

acrolein (countable and uncountable, plural acroleins)

1. (organic chemistry) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.

Synonyms

• acrylaldehyde
• propenal

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Caroline, Coraline, Cornelia, Creolian, caroline, colinear, lonicera