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Glycolaldehyde is the organic compound with the formula HOCH 2 −CHO. It is the smallest possible molecule that contains both an aldehyde group (−CH=O) and a hydroxyl group (−OH). It is a highly reactive molecule that occurs both in the biosphere and in the interstellar medium. It is normally supplied as a white solid.
The name is formed by changing the suffix -e of the parent alkane to -al, so that HCHO is named methanal, and CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 CHO is named butanal. In other cases, such as when a −CHO group is attached to a ring, the suffix -carbaldehyde may be used. Thus, C 6 H 11 CHO is known as cyclohexanecarbaldehyde.
Chemical nomenclature, replete as it is with compounds with very complex names, is a repository for some names that may be considered unusual. A browse through the Physical Constants of Organic Compounds in the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (a fundamental resource) will reveal not just the whimsical work of chemists, but the sometimes peculiar compound names that occur as the ...
chemicalize.org A free web site/service that extracts IUPAC names from web pages and annotates a 'chemicalized' version with structure images. Structures from annotated pages can also be searched. Eller, Gernot A. (2006). "Improving the Quality of Published Chemical Names with Nomenclature Software" (PDF). Molecules. 9 (11): 915– 928.
Chemical formula Synonyms CAS number CAgO carbonylsilver: CCl 2 F 2: dichlorodifluoromethane freon-12: 75-71-8 CCl 4: carbon tetrachloride tetrachloromethane: 56-23-5 C(CN) 4: tetracyanomethane: 24331-09-7 CFCl 3: trichlorofluoromethane freon-11: 75-69-4 CFCl 2 CF 2 Cl: chlorotrifluoromethane freon-13: 75-72-9 CHCl 3: chloroform ...
Chemical formula Synonyms CAS number C 10 H 16 N 2 O 8: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA): 6381–92–6 C 12 H 22 O 11: sucrose: 57–50–1 C 18 H 29 O 3 S: sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate: 2155–30–0
A mnemonic is a memory aid used to improve long-term memory and make the process of consolidation easier. Many chemistry aspects, rules, names of compounds, sequences of elements, their reactivity, etc., can be easily and efficiently memorized with the help of mnemonics.
The main purpose of chemical nomenclature is to disambiguate the spoken or written names of chemical compounds: each name should refer to one compound. Secondarily, each compound should have only one name, although in some cases some alternative names are accepted. Preferably, the name should also represent the structure or chemistry of a compound.