Chemistry · Aldehyde and Ketones: Nature of carbonyl group, nucleophilic addition to >C=O group, relative reactivities of aldehydes and ketones
An aldehyde on oxidation gives
An aldehyde on oxidation gives
- A. an acid
- B. an alcohol
- C. an ether
- D. a ketone
Step-by-step solution
Oxidation of an aldehyde yields a carboxylic acid because the aldehyde group (-CHO) is oxidized to a carboxyl group (-COOH). This is a characteristic reaction of aldehydes.
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