Formaldehyde One carbon carbonyl

Acetaldehyde Two carbon aldehyde

Propionaldehyde Three carbon aldehyde
Butyraldehyde Four carbon aldehyde
Valeraldehyde Five carbon aldehyde
Capronaldehyde Six carbon aldehyde
Enanthaldehyde Seven carbon aldehyde
Caprylaldehyde Eight carbon aldehyde
Pelagornaldehyde Nine carbon aldehyde
Caprialdehyde Ten carbon aldehyde
Two aldehyde groups with
Oxalyldialdehyde
no ch2 groups in between
Two terminal aldehydes
Malondialdehyde with one ch2 group
inbetween
Two aldehydes with two
Succindialdehyde
ch2 groups in between
Two aldehydes with three
Glutardialdehyde
ch2 groups inbetween
Two aldehydes with four ch2 groups in
Adipdialdehyde
between
Pimelic dialdehydes Two aldehydes with five ch2 groups inbetween
Number Name Simple Structure Other Names = Synonyns
carbons and simple formula showing bond types but not accurate bond (*Examples not complete
in chain angles lists)

 methanal
 methaldehyde
 formaldehyd
formaldehyde (CH2O)  formalin
1
HCOH  formol
 methyl aldehyde
 formic aldehyde,
andmany others.
 acetaldehyde
 acetic aldehyde
ethanal (C2H4O)  ethyl aldehyde
2
CH3COH  acetyaldehyde
 acetic ethanol
 ethaldehyde
 n-propanal
 1-propanal
 propaldehyde
 propyl aldehyde
propanal (C3H6O)  propanaldehyde
3
CH3CH2COH  propylic aldehyde
 propionic aldehyde
 aldehyde C3
 propional, & many
others
 n-butanal
 1-butanal
 butyl aldehyde
 butanaldehyde
butanal (C4H8O)  butaldehyde
4
CH3CH2CH2COH  butalyde
 butyric aldehyde
 butyral
 aldehyde C4
 and many others
 n-pentanal
 valeraldehyde
 n-valeraldehyde
 valeral
pentanal (C5H10O)  amyaldehyde
5
CH3CH2CH2CH2COH  valeric aldehyde
 amyl aldehyde
 pentyl aldehyde
 aldehyde C5
 and many others
 n-hexanal
 1-hexanal
 n-hexaldehyde
 hexanaldehyde
 hexaldehyde
hexanal (C6H12O)  hexyl aldehyde
6
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2COH  aldehyde C6
 n-hexaldehyde
 caproic aldehyde
 caproaldehyde
 capronaldehyde
 and many others
  n-heptanal
 1-heptanal
 n-heptaldehyde
 heptanaldehyde
 heptaldehyde
 aldehyde C7
heptanal (C7H14O)
7  n-heptylaldehyde
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COH
 enanthal
 enanthaldehyde
 oenanthal
 oenanthol
 oenanthaldehyde
 and many others
 n-octanal
 1-octanal
 octanaldehyde
 n-octaldehyde
 1-octyl aldehyde
octanal (C8H16O)
8  aldehyde C8
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COH
 n-octylaldehyde
 octanoic aldehyde
 caprylic aldehyde
 caprylaldehyde
 and many others
 n-nonanal
 1-nonanal
 nonanaldehyde
 n-nonaldehyde
 1-nonyl aldehyde
nonanal (C9H18O)  aldehyde C9
9
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2COH  n-nonylaldehyde
 nonylic aldehyde
 nonoic aldehyde
 pelargonic aldehyde
 pelargonaldehyde
 and many others
 n-decanal
 1-decanal
 n-decaldehyde
decanal (C10H20O)  1-decyl aldehyde
 aldehyde C10
CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CO
10 H  n-decylaldehyde
 decylic aldehyde
 caprinic aldehyde
 capric aldehyde
 capraldehyde
 and many others