Alkanals
Alkanals |
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R is a straight or branched chain alkyl group. The aldehyde group is marked in blue . |
The alkanals form a subgroup of the aldehydes . Their name and structure are derived directly from the alkanes , i. H. the aldehyde group carries straight or branched alkyl groups . They do not contain any other heteroatoms or multiple bonds .
If instead it contains two aldehyde groups, one speaks of alkane di ales .
Typical representatives
- Formaldehyde (methanal) is the simplest representative.
- Acetaldehyde (ethanal)
- Propanal
- Butanals (two structural isomers )
- Pentanals (four structural isomers )
- Hexanal
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literature
- Beyer / Walter : Textbook of Organic Chemistry , 19th edition, S. Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-7776-0356-2 , p. 185.
- K. Peter C. Vollhardt , Neil E. Schore : Organic Chemistry , 4th Edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2005, ISBN 978-3-527-31380-8 , pp. 858 and 906.
Web links
- Entry on alkanals. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on October 30, 2018.