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How do you lessen the no. of carbon or hydrogen atoms when writing the Hexanal formula ??

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Hexanal is an aldehyde with 6 carbon atoms. Its formula is obtained by replaced the 3H atoms of CH₃ group of hexane by HO.
Hexane- CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃
Hexanal -CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₂CHO.

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