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How can aldehydes be prepared?
How can aldehydes be prepared?
Oxidize primary alcohols using pyridinium chlorochromate
What reagent can be used to reduce an ester to form an aldehyde?
What reagent can be used to reduce an ester to form an aldehyde?
diisobutylaluminum hydride (DIBAH)
How can ketones be prepared?
How can ketones be prepared?
Oxidize a 2° alcohol
What does the ozonolysis of alkenes yield if one of the unsaturated carbon atoms is disubstituted?
What does the ozonolysis of alkenes yield if one of the unsaturated carbon atoms is disubstituted?
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What functional group is used as a substituent with the suffix -yl?
What functional group is used as a substituent with the suffix -yl?
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What is the prefix used when a ketone has other functional groups present?
What is the prefix used when a ketone has other functional groups present?
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What is the product of the Wolff-Kishner reaction when treating an aldehyde or ketone with hydrazine and KOH?
What is the product of the Wolff-Kishner reaction when treating an aldehyde or ketone with hydrazine and KOH?
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How do Grignard reagents typically react due to the strong polarization of the carbon-magnesium bond?
How do Grignard reagents typically react due to the strong polarization of the carbon-magnesium bond?
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What type of compounds can be used to characterize liquid ketones or aldehydes by their melting points?
What type of compounds can be used to characterize liquid ketones or aldehydes by their melting points?
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What is formed when amines add to C=O, resulting in R2C=NR (after loss of HOH)?
What is formed when amines add to C=O, resulting in R2C=NR (after loss of HOH)?
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What is the product of the Cannizzaro reaction involving an aldehyde and OH-?
What is the product of the Cannizzaro reaction involving an aldehyde and OH-?
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What type of compounds are formed when two equivalents of ROH add to C=O in the presence of an acid catalyst?
What type of compounds are formed when two equivalents of ROH add to C=O in the presence of an acid catalyst?
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What reagent can efficiently oxidize aldehydes to carboxylic acids?
What reagent can efficiently oxidize aldehydes to carboxylic acids?
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Which reagent, known as Tollens' reagent, can oxidize aldehydes to carboxylic acids and metallic silver?
Which reagent, known as Tollens' reagent, can oxidize aldehydes to carboxylic acids and metallic silver?
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What happens when ketones undergo slow cleavage with hot, alkaline KMnO4?
What happens when ketones undergo slow cleavage with hot, alkaline KMnO4?
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In what type of ketones is the reaction practical for cleaving symmetrical ketones?
In what type of ketones is the reaction practical for cleaving symmetrical ketones?
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What kind of intermediate is produced in nucleophilic addition reactions of aldehydes and ketones?
What kind of intermediate is produced in nucleophilic addition reactions of aldehydes and ketones?
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