Aldehydes ketones and Reactions

What is an aldehyde

Carbonyl group bonded to one carbon

suffix of Aldehyde

-anal

What is a ketone

Carbonyl group bonded to 2 carbon

Suffix of Ketone

-anone , position number

What is reduction in organic chemistry

Where a carbon forms a bond with a less electro negative element→ typically hydrogen

What are aldehydes reduced to

1 degree alcahol

Ketone reduced to

2 degree aldehydes

What reducing agent to reduce ketones and aldehydes

Sodium barohydrade NaBH(2) and Water

Mechanisim for reduction of aldehyde

Mechanism for reduction of ketones

What leads to optical isomerism

Unsymmetrical ketones

What is a racemic mixture

Equal t hydrogen will bond to either side of the molecule

What leads to racemic mixture

Unsymmetrical ketones , reduced sample will lead to equal mixture of 2 enantiomers

What are enantiomers

2 compounds with exact same connectivity, that mirror images of each other