Aldehyde

//ˈæl.dɪ.haɪd//

"Aldehyde" in a Sentence (2 examples)

If you oxidise an alcohol you get an aldehyde but what do you get if you oxidise an aldehyde?

The air smells of strange, oceanic aldehydes.

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