hexadecenal

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Noun

hexadecenal (plural hexadecenals)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of many isomeric unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes having sixteen carbon atoms and one double bond, but especially 2-hexadecenal that is related to sphingolipids and 9-hexadecenal that is related to oleic acid