Chemical function
- Name
- Aldehyde group
- Explicit name
- CH=O double bond group
- Secondary name
- CHO double bond group
- Comments
- Functional group R−CH(=O)
- Formula
- R−CH=O
- Chemical formula
- RCHO
- Structural formula
- [R][CH]=O
- Charge
- 0
- Unpaired electrons
- 0

- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance