Aldehydes & ketones
Cards (29)
- What are carbonyl compounds?
- What defines an aldehyde in terms of structure?
- What suffix do aldehydes end with?
- What defines a ketone in terms of structure?
- What suffix do ketones end with?
- What type of species are attracted to the positive carbon atom in carbonyls?
- What happens when primary alcohols are oxidised?
- What happens when secondary alcohols are oxidised?
- What happens when tertiary alcohols are oxidised?
- What is the oxidizing agent that causes alcohols and aldehydes to oxidize?
- What is the key difference in the oxidation of aldehydes and ketones?
- What is formed when an aldehyde oxidises?
- What reagents are used for the oxidation of aldehydes?
- What conditions are required for the oxidation of aldehydes?
- What is the full equation for the oxidation of ethanal?
- What happens with potassium dichromate during oxidation?
- What reagents can oxidize aldehydes besides potassium dichromate?
- What is observed when aldehydes react with Fehling’s solution?
- What is observed when aldehydes react with Tollen’s reagent?
- What is formed when carbonyls react with hydrogen cyanide?
- What reagents are used to form a hydroxynitrile from a carbonyl?
- What conditions are required for the reaction of carbonyls with hydrogen cyanide?
- What is the mechanism for the reaction of carbonyls with hydrogen cyanide?
- What happens to the CN group when naming hydroxynitriles?
- What is the result of adding HCN to unsymmetrical carbonyls?
- Why are KCN and NaCN preferred over HCN for reactions?
- What is the risk associated with KCN and NaCN?
- What supplies the H+ ions?
- What happens during the nucleophilic addition of HCN to carbonyls?