The functional group to the right is an aldehyde group.
The hydrogen in an aldehyde can't disassociate.
Some sugars are aldehydes.
Formaldehyde, CH3COH, is the simplest aldehyde
-COH
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The functional group to the right is an aldehyde group. The hydrogen in an aldehyde can't disassociate. Some sugars are aldehydes. Formaldehyde, CH3COH, is the simplest aldehyde |
-COH |
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