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science help by dylan! on 10-12-2006 at 10:48 PM
well in science I need to figure out what CHO is the formula for what?
ex: h2o is water
co2 is carbon dioxide
but what does cho make?
RE: science help by ddunk on 10-12-2006 at 10:53 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldehyde
Google 
It doesn't make a proper combination, btw. It still has an unpaired electron and therefore attached to the carbonyl group.
RE: science help by NiteMare on 10-12-2006 at 10:55 PM
should be carbon hydroxide
Edit: no wait, thats C(OH)4
Edit2: its nothing, its not a complete molecule
RE: science help by mezzanine on 10-12-2006 at 10:57 PM
RCHO is the chemical symbol for an aldehyde, an organic compound containing a terminal carbonyl group (C=O). -CHO is a functional group, which consists of a carbon atom which is bonded to a hydrogen atom and double-bonded to an oxygen atom.
Edit: Of course it doesn't make a proper combination; it is not a compound. It's a functional group, a radical.