REACTIVITY

• EXPLAIN REACTIVITY OF CARBONYL COMPOUNDS?

  • C=O is strong but reactive
  • due to electronegativity difference between C and O
  • making it strongly polar
  • so nucleophilic reagents attack (slightly positive) C
• WHAT REACTIONS CAN A CARBONYL COMPOUND UNDERGO?

  addition, redox, nucleophilic
• WHY CAN ADDITION REACTIONS OCCUR IN CARBONYL COMPOUNDS?

  unsaturated (due to double bond)