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Which two groups have the same functional group?

ketones and aldehydes


What types of aldehydes and ketones would you expect to be water-soluble?

The aldehydes and ketones having three or less carbon atoms are soluble in water.


What kind of alcohols can be used to prepare aldehydes?

All primary (10) alcohols may be oxidized to aldehydes.


From an organic chemistry perspective carbohydrates are polyhydroxyl?

Aldehydes and ketones


Why are aldehydes more reactive than ketones towards nucleophile?

Aldehydes are less sterically hindered than ketones. Also, aldehydes have fewer electron donating groups (EDG's) which can stabilize an electron-poor area. The extra carbon chain that ketones have that aldehydes do not have are the reason for both of these things. The neighboring carbon to the carbonyl carbon is an EDG and the carbon chain causes steric hindrance.


Optical isomerism in aldehydes and ketones?

The carbonyl group present in aldehydes or ketones itself is optically inactive but if a carbon attached to carbonyl group is asymmetric (attached to four different groups or atoms) then such compound may show to enantiomers as there are two enantiomers of CH3-CHCl-CHO.


How does ketones react with sodium bicarbonate?

Ketones or Aldehydes DO NOT react with Sodium Bicarbonate..generally only Carboxilic acids have the ability to do it!


What are products of ozonolysis of natural rubber?

alcohols, aldehydes or ketones, or carboxylic acids


What does Clemmensen reduction do to OH group?

Aldehydes and ketones haven't an -OH group.


Tollen's test on ketones?

A Silver mirror does not appear as ketones cannot be further oxidized unlike aldehydes in which a silver mirror does appear.


Why teritay alcohol cannot be made by hydrogenation of aldehydes or ketones?

Ter. alcohols are those in which alpha carbon (carbon bearing halogen atom) is attached to three other carbon atoms, in aldehyde there is only one and in ketones there are two carbons attached to alpha carbon so by hydrogenation aldehydes may be converted into primary alcohols and ketones into secondary alcohols so preparation of ter. alcohols is not possible. however ketones with Grignard's reagents may produce tertiary alcohols.


Why is ketones and aldehydes are called as polar compounds?

aldehydes n ketones contain a carbonyl group in which carbon is attached to an oxygen with a double bond. The carbon is less electronegative than oxygen therefore carbon acts as an electrophile and oxygen acts an a nucleophile. That is carbon is partially positively charged n oxygen is partially negatively charged. Hence aldehydes n ketones are polar compounds