Etymology

alkanal

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Today it means: An alkyl aldehyde. Full definition →

English alkane ← German Alkan
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  1. GermanAlkyl
  2. Germanalk-
  3. GermanAlkan
  4. Englishalkane
  5. English todayalkanal

From alkane + -al (“aldehyde”).

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