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