Aldehyde Nomenclature: Methanal
Propionaldehyde
Methanal is a common name for the aldehyde compound with the chemical formula CH2O. The systematic name for this compound according to IUPAC nomenclature is Formaldehyde.
The prefix “meth-” in methanal indicates that the aldehyde has one carbon atom. The suffix “-al” indicates the presence of an aldehyde functional group, which consists of a carbonyl group (C=O) bonded to a hydrogen atom (-H) on one side and a carbon atom on the other.
Therefore, the systematic name for methanal using the IUPAC nomenclature system is Formaldehyde.
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