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Which of the following compounds is most reactive towards nucleophilic addition reactions?

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The answer is the option (i) \text {CH}_{3}\text {CHO} (an aldehyde) is generally considered more reactive than ketones towards nucleophilic addition reactions. Ketones have 2 large substituents compared to 1 in aldehydes, that hinder the nucleophilic approach. Aldehydes are also considered more reactive because the 2 alkyl groups lead to the reduction of electrophilicity of the carbonyl carbon of ketone by releasing electron in its direction.

The reactivity order can be given as:

 

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