Carbonyl Compounds and their Reactions
Chemistry ⇒ Carbon and Organic Chemistry
Carbonyl Compounds and their Reactions starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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Calculate the number of structural isomers possible for C₄H₈O (carbonyl compounds only).
Describe the difference between the structures of aldehydes and ketones.
Describe the difference in the oxidation reactions of aldehydes and ketones.
Describe the mechanism of nucleophilic addition of hydride ion to a carbonyl compound.
Explain the role of acid catalyst in the formation of acetals from aldehydes.
Explain why aldehydes are generally more reactive than ketones towards nucleophilic addition reactions.
Explain why formaldehyde is more reactive than other aldehydes in nucleophilic addition reactions.
Explain why ketones do not give a positive Fehling's test.
Name the product formed when an aldehyde is oxidized.
What is the product of the reaction between acetone and phenylhydrazine?
What is the product when acetaldehyde reacts with excess ethanol in the presence of acid?
Write the equation for the reduction of benzaldehyde to benzyl alcohol using NaBH₄.
Write the IUPAC name for CH₃COCH₃.
Write the IUPAC name for the compound with the structure CH₃CH₂COCH₃.
