Paraldehyde is a clinical hypnotic medicine formed by the polymerization of acetaldehyde. How many acetaldehyde molecules constitute one molecule of paraldehyde?
Q1. Paraldehyde is a clinical hypnotic medicine formed by the polymerization of acetaldehyde. How many acetaldehyde molecules constitute one molecule of paraldehyde?
Answer: Three
Explanation: Paraldehyde is a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde used as a hypnotic. Metaldehyde is the tetramer used primarily as a slug poison.