Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
CHO:
An abbreviation for the
aldehyde
functional group
.
Kekule structure
Fischer projection
Molecular structure
of (
D
)-(
+
)-
glyceraldehyde
, illustrating the use of CHO as an abbreviation for an
aldehyde
group
.
Related terms:
R group
,
wedge
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