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crotonic aldehyde

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cro⋅ton⋅al⋅de⋅hyde

[kroht-n-al-duh-hahyd]
–noun Chemistry.
a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C4H6O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
Also called betamethyl acrolein, crotonic aldehyde.


Origin:
croton(ic) (see crotonic acid ) + aldehyde
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