A physician prescribes a sedative that is chemically a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde. What is the common name of this medicinal compound?
Q1. A physician prescribes a sedative that is chemically a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde. What is the common name of this medicinal compound?
Answer: Paraldehyde
Explanation: Paraldehyde is a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde used as a hypnotic/sedative; metaldehyde is used as a snail poison.