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Organic Chemistry and Analysis (OA2.2 Aldehydes and ketones)
Quick questions on Aldehydes and Ketones (OA2.2) - Eduqas A-Level Chemistry
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What are reduction products?Show answer
Reducing an aldehyde gives a primary alcohol and reducing a ketone gives a secondary alcohol; mixing these up loses the mark.
What is curly arrows in addition?Show answer
The first arrow must come from the nucleophile's lone pair to the carbon, and the second from the bond to the oxygen; the intermediate is a negatively charged alkoxide before protonation.
What is q1?Show answer
Name the product of reducing propanone with . [1 mark]
What is q2?Show answer
State the reagent and observation for a positive Fehling's test with an aldehyde. [2 marks]
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