Chemistry, asked by sanjanashetty30, 1 year ago

how to understand whether given structure belongs to ketone or aldehyde functional group

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Answered by UnknownDude
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If the O is at the end, it is an aldehyde.
If the O is in the middle, it is a ketone.
If there is an H attached to the O, it is an alcohol.
So 1. is methanal
2. is heptanal
3. is propanone

sanjanashetty30: in the first o is on the middle right... then cant it belong to the ketone group?
Answered by shekharRajvansh1
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if any structure will belong to ketone group then two hydrogen atom in middle will be replaced by one oxygen atom by making double bond where as if any structure would belong to aldehyde functional group then two of the hydrogen atom is replaced in the terminal position by oxygen...by making double bond.....
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