Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

• identify and name simple ketones and aldehydes
• predict the products of oxidation and reduction of aldehydes and ketones and give the reagents required to perform these reactions

• Chapter 21 (in [main text] Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley)
  [fundamentals focused alternative] Blackman, Bridgeman, Lawrie, Southam, Thompson and Williamson, Chemistry: Core Concepts, 2015 (John Wiley) )

• Aldehydes and ketones (in Wikibooks Organic Chemistry)
• Aldehydes and ketones (in ChemWiki)

Reduction and Oxidation Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Nucleophilic Addition to Carbonyl Groups Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Acidity of Organic Molecules and Types of Organic Reactions Description: Video and interactive tutorials and self test quizzes on the acidity of organic molecules and types of organic reactions Tags: acidity | substitution | elimination | addition | oxidation | reduction Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Carbonyl containing compounds (short video tutorial) Tags: Aldehydes | ketones | carboxylic acid derivatives Contributed by Mat Todd

Naming and Identifying Carbonyl Containing Compounds Tags: Aldehydes | ketones | carboxylic acid derivatives Contributed by Adam Bridgeman