aldol : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: aldol	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for aldol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aldol n an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO) Synonym(s): aldol, aldehyde-alcohol
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aldol \Al"dol\, n. [Aldehyde + -ol as in alcohol.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, {C4H8O2}, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of {aldol condensation}, to the production of many compounds.