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Is vanillin an aldehyde or a ketone?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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From its structure, we can see that vanillin does not have a ketone functional group, but it has an aldehyde. It also has a phenol and ether functional group. For that reason, I wouldn't categorize is as just an aldehyde.

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