Physical and Chemical Properties of Aldehydes & Ketones

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organic-chemistry

aldehydes

ketones

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Ketones cant
________ be further oxidized but aldehydes can be oxidized to carboxylic acids.
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Aldehyde
________- when the carbonyl group is at the end of the chain.
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Ketone
________- when the carbonyl group is in the middle of the chain or in a ring.
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Aldehydes & ketones
________ have a carbonyl group- which is a carbon double bonded to an oxygen atom (C= O)
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Aldehydes & ketones
________ undergo addition reactions at the carbon- oxygen double bond called nucleophilic addition.
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some common ketones are
propanone (acetone) & cyclohexanone
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some common aldehydes are
methanal (formaldehyde), ethanal (acetaldehyde), benzaldehyde