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Keywords: Limpid, Aldehyde, Molecule, Carbon, Ether

Related Terms: Acetamide, Acrolein, Aldehyde, Amide, Amine, Cyanide, Cyanogen, Derivative, Ester, Ether, Hydrazine, Hydroxyl, Ketone, Nitrile, Phenol, Substituent, Heterocyclic, Organic Compounds, Organic Chemistry, Organic Compound, Saturated Hydrocarbon, Isomers, Aromatic, Methyl Group, Hydrogen Cyanide, Methylation, Phenols, Chlorobenzene, Inorganic Compound, Epoxide, Voc, Aromatic Compounds, Inorganic Chemicals, Organic Chemicals, Amino Group, Hydroxyl Group, Halogenated Hydrocarbon, Halocarbon, Inorganic Compounds, Amines, Decarboxylation, Unsaturated Compound, Carbon Disulfide, Polyether, Carbonyl, Aromatic Compound, Organic Chemical, Carbonyl Group, Alcohols, Aldehydes

A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

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any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules

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a compound with two ether-like -OR groups bonded to the same carbon

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a functional group or molecule containing the functional group of a carbon bonded to two -OR groups

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An acetal is a molecule with two single bonded oxygens attached to the same carbon atom.

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