Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids (Weightage 3%)  

Topics from Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

  • Aldehyde and Ketones: Nature of carbonyl group;Nucleophilic addition to >C=0 group, (12 concepts)
  • relative reactivities of aldehydes and ketones (14 concepts)
  • Important reactions such as - Nucleophilic addition reactions (addition of HCN, NH, and its derivatives) (1 concepts)
  • Grignard reagent, oxidation (6 concepts)
  • reduction (Wolff Kishner and Clemmensen) (3 concepts)
  • aldol condensation (5 concepts)
  • Cannizzaro reaction (1 concepts)
  • Hatoform reaction (1 concepts)
  • CARBOXYLIC ACIDS: Acidic strength and factors affecting it. (13 concepts)
  • CHEMICAL REACTIONS OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES (9 concepts)
  • PREPARATION OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES (1 concepts)
  • PROPERTIES OF PHENOLS (1 concepts)
  • METHODS OF PREPARATION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (1 concepts)
  • CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (4 concepts)

Important Books for Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

  • Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Book
  • Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Book
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