aldehydes

Also known as aldehyde

150px|alt=Aldehyde structure|thumb|class=skin-invert|Aldehyde structure

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Research

177,889 papers

Aldehydes, Aldehyde Metabolism, and the ALDH2 Consortium.Biomolecules · 2022Rwere F, Yu X, Chen CH et al.DOI: 10.3390/biom12060763
DNA-protein crosslink formation by endogenous aldehydes and AP sites.ReviewDNA repair · 2020Nakamura J, Nakamura MDOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.102806
ALDH2 mutations and defense against genotoxic aldehydes in cancer and inherited bone marrow failure syndromes.ReviewMutation research · 2024Woo AY, Jia LDOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2024.111870
Synthesis of peptide aldehydes.ReviewJournal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2007Moulin A, Martinez J, Fehrentz JADOI: 10.1002/psc.787
Metabolism of aldehydes in brain.ReviewEssays in neurochemistry and neuropharmacology · 1977Tipton KF, Houslay MD, Turner AJ
Biological interactions of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes.ReviewFree radical biology & medicine · 1989Witz GDOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(89)90137-8
Biocatalytic Production of Odor-Active Fatty Aldehydes from Fungal Lipids.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2023Kanter JP, Honold PJ, Luh D et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c01972
Aldehyde-Associated Mutagenesis─Current State of Knowledge.ReviewChemical research in toxicology · 2023Vijayraghavan S, Saini NDOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00045

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Commons category: Aldehydes
SMARTS notation: [CX3H1](=O)[#6]
canonical SMILES: [H]C([*])=O
CXSMILES: [H]C([*])=O |$;;R$|

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Contents

Structure and bonding
Physical properties and characterization
Applications and occurrence
Naturally occurring aldehydes
Hydroformylation
Oxidative routes
Specialty methods
Acid-base reactions
Enolization
Reduction
Oxidation
Nucleophilic addition reactions
Oxygen nucleophiles
Nitrogen nucleophiles
Carbon nucleophiles
Bisulfite reaction
More complex reactions
Dialdehydes
Biochemistry
Examples of aldehydes
Examples of dialdehydes
Uses
Nomenclature
IUPAC names for aldehydes
Etymology
See also
References
External links

150px|alt=Aldehyde structure|thumb|class=skin-invert|Aldehyde structure

In organic chemistry, an aldehyde () (lat. alcohol dehydrogenatum, dehydrogenated alcohol) is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure . The functional group itself (without the "R" side chain) can be referred to as an aldehyde but can also be classified as a formyl group. Aldehydes are a common motif in many chemicals important in technology and biology.