CLASSIFICATION.
OF ALDEHYDE AND KETONE..
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Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones lead to the formation of alcohols. Do you know through reduction process we can obtain many important disinfectants which is a very necessary item in our daily life? This process is used in industries for the production of much important and wide range of solvents necessary during cosmetic production, esterification, disinfectant and many more. In this topic, we will study about the reduction of aldehyde and ketones for the production of alcohols and alkanes.
Classification of ketone is as follow
Diketones : Diketones are well known for their unusal properties .The diacetyl ketones are used for the butter flavouring in popcorn
Unsaturated ketones: these contain the unit of alkene and alkyne .Vinyl ketone is the common example of unsaturated ketones
Cyclic ketones : Most of the ketone contain cyclic property .Formula for the simple class is (CH2)nCO . Cyclohexane is the example of cyclic ketone