ALDOL


Meaning of ALDOL in English

add. ·noun a colorless liquid, c4h8o2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: ch3cho + ch3cho - h3ch(oh)ch2co; also, any of various derivatives of this. the same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

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