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[syn: aldol, aldehyde-alcohol]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aldol \Al"dol\, n. [Aldehyde + -ol as in alcohol.] (Chem.)
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aldol
n 1: an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of
two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group
(-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO) [syn: aldol,
aldehyde-alcohol]