crotonaldehyde
[ kroht-n-al-duh-hahyd ]
nounChemistry.
a whitish liquid with pungent and suffocating odor, C4H6O, soluble in water, used as a solvent, in tear gas, and in organic synthesis.
Origin of crotonaldehyde
1croton(ic) (see crotonic acid) + aldehyde
- Also called betamethyl acrolein, crotonic aldehyde.
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