Tuesday, May 18, 2010

MAY 17

ALDEHYDES
- Double bonded O, single bonded H at the end of a chain
Naming: change the -e ending to -al

- Found in insect bites
- Building blocks of fats/steroids


- found in flavoring, perfumes, cospectics, fruits, vegetables oil
- They are formed by esterfication of carboxylic acids
- Name the primary chain with -yl ending
- Secondary chain ends in -oate




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