Explain the reason for acidity of Alpha hydrogen atom in aldehyde
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The hydrogen present on the alpha-carbon is the alpha-hydrogen and it is slightly acidic in nature due to the carbonyl group and its resonance stabilization mechanism. Thus, alpha-hydrogen and its acidic nature are responsible for several different reactions .
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Alpha hydrogen is nothing but the hydrogen atom attached to the alpha carbon atom,which in turn is attached to the carbonyl carbon. After removal of alpha hydrogen atom, conjugated base so obtained is resonance stabilized. Hence alpha hydrogen atoms in aldehydes and ketones are acidic in nature.
As alpha hydrogen is acidic,bases can easily remove acidic hydrogen to form intermediate carbanions.
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