Aldehydes and ketones play a crucial role in organic chemistry, characterized by their carbonyl group. This group's polarity leads to distinctive chemical behaviors, such as nucleophilic addition reactions, forming compounds like hydroxynitriles and alcohols. Aldehydes can be oxidized to carboxylic acids, while ketones resist such reactions. These properties are pivotal in food chemistry, industrial synthesis, and analytical practices.
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Aldehydes and ketones are organic compounds characterized by a carbonyl group consisting of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom
Aldehydes and ketones have a wide range of uses in daily life and industrial processes, such as in food chemistry, industrial synthesis, and laboratory practices
The presence of a polar carbonyl group in aldehydes and ketones makes them reactive towards nucleophilic addition, oxidation, and reduction reactions
Nucleophilic addition reactions involve the attack of electron-rich species on the electrophilic carbonyl carbon, resulting in the formation of hydroxynitriles and alcohols
The nucleophilic attack on the planar carbonyl group can occur from either side, leading to the formation of enantiomers in equal amounts
The naming of hydroxynitriles takes into account the additional carbon atom from the nucleophile and the relative position of the hydroxyl and nitrile groups
Aldehydes and ketones can be reduced to primary and secondary alcohols, respectively, by the addition of a hydride ion from reducing agents
The reduction of aldehydes and ketones is the reverse of the oxidation of alcohols, where primary alcohols are oxidized to aldehydes and secondary alcohols to ketones
Various chemical tests, such as the color change with potassium dichromate (VI) and the formation of a silver mirror with Tollens' reagent, can be used to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones
Aldehydes can be oxidized to carboxylic acids using oxidizing agents, such as acidified potassium dichromate (VI)
Ketones are generally resistant to oxidation due to the strength of carbon-carbon bonds
Chemical tests, such as the production of a brick red precipitate with Fehling's solution, can be used to identify aldehydes and distinguish them from ketones
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The carbonyl group is crucial for the ______ and ______ that aldehydes and ketones impart to various foods.
flavors
aromas
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Formaldehyde is an example of an aldehyde used in making ______, ______, and ______ for industrial purposes.
resins
disinfectants
preservatives
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Electronegativity difference in carbonyl group
Oxygen is more electronegative than carbon, attracts electrons, creates dipole.
