carbonyl carbon atom is susceptible to attack by a nucleophile. Justify
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Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
Chemical Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones
Among the given compounds, ...
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Among the given compounds, the most susceptible to nucleophilic attack at the carbonyl group is:
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This concept is related to nucleophilic addition reaction.
Rate of attack of nucleophile increases as the deficiency of carbonyl carbon increases.
In acetyl chloride [CH
3
COCl]due to presence of Cl group carbonyl carbon is become more deficient due negative inductive effect of Cl group, because of larger size of Cl, resonance interaction does not occur between Cl and carbonyl carbon ,so the electronegativity of Cl plays a role and nucleophilic addition occurs more easily.
Order of nucleophillic addition = acyl chloride >acid anhydride> carboxylic acid >ester>amide
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