Twin: The Aldehyde
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An aldehyde contains a carbonyl group, carbon double-bonded to oxygen, where the carbonyl carbon also bonds to at least one hydrogen, placing it at a chain's end.
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Oxidizing 1-propanol's terminal –OH yields propanal, an aldehyde with its carbonyl at the chain's first carbon.
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Confusing an aldehyde's end-of-chain carbonyl with its twin's mid-chain carbonyl is the exact error Chem 2466 exists to prevent.