dialdane

dialdane Chem.

(daɪˈældeɪn)

[f. di-² + aldol + -ane.]

‘A compound, C₈H₁₄O₃, formed by the condensation of two molecules of aldol, with elimination of one molecule of water’. Hence dialˈdanic a. in dialdanic acid.

Watts Dict. Chem. 3rd Suppl. 631.