William H. Brown
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LOCATION: Beloit, WI, United States
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Beloit College, Wisconsin.
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Aldehyde, any of a class of organic compounds in which a carbon atom shares a double bond with an oxygen atom, a single bond with a hydrogen atom, and a single bond with another atom or group of atoms (designated R in general chemical formulas and structure diagrams). The double bond between carbon…
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