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Hemiacetal is a molecule made up of a core carbon atom connected to four groups: –OR, –OH, –R, and –H. Acetal is a molecule made of a core carbon atom that is attached to two –OR groups, a –R group, and a –H group. RHC(OH)OR' is the general formula for a hemiacetal.

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Hemiacetals are formed from the combination of alcohols and aldehydes and display at least one hydroxyl group from the alcohol and have an ether functional group with oxygen connecting 2 carbons

Aldehydes derive their name from the dehydration of alcohols. Aldehydes contain the carbonyl group bonded to at least one hydrogen atom. Ketones contain the carbonyl group bonded to two carbon atoms. Aldehydes and ketones are organic compounds that incorporate a carbonyl functional group, C=O.

Hemiacetal is a molecule made up of a core carbon atom connected to four groups: –OR, –OH, –R, and –H. Acetal is a molecule made of a core carbon atom that is attached to two –OR groups, a –R group, and a –H group. RHC(OH)OR' is the general formula for a hemiacetal.

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Hemiacetals are formed from the combination of alcohols and aldehydes and display at least one hydroxyl group from the alcohol and have an ether functional group with oxygen connecting 2 carbons.

In organic chemistry, an aldehyde is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure R−CH=O. The functional group itself (without the "R" side chain) can be referred to as an aldehyde but can also be classified as a formyl group.

Ether: (1) A functional group characterized by an oxygen atom single-bonded to two carbon atoms. The carbon atoms may be of any hybridization, but cannot be carbonyl groups. The term may also describe a molecule containing this functional group.

Alcohol Reactions. The functional group of the alcohols is the hydroxyl group, –OH. Unlike the alkyl halides, this group has two reactive covalent bonds, the C–O bond and the O–H bond. A carboxylic acid can be thought of as a combination of two functional groups: an alcohol group, involving a hydrogen bound to oxygen, which attaches to a carbonyl group, involving a carbon double bound to oxygen.