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 Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 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

Organic Acids and Bases Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Carbonyl containing compounds 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