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

• identify and name simple ketones and aldehydes
• explain the mechanism of nucleophilic addition to a carbonyl
• predict the products of oxidation and reduction of aldehydes and ketones and give the reagents required to perform these reactions
• identify the oxidant and reductant in the NADH / NAD⁺ cycle
• recognize hemiacetals and acetals
• identify the products of their reactions with Grignard reagents
• identify the products of their reactions with amines

• Chapter 21 (in Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley))

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

• Dr Baker's lecture notes You need to login to eLearning to access lecture notes.
• Quiz 2 - sample quiz
• Critical Thinking Questions 8
• Answers to critical thinking questions 8
• Homework Problem Sheet 8
• Answers to Homework Problem Sheet 8
• Quiz 3 - sample quiz
• Suggested exam questions and answers

Nucleophilic addition to carbonyl groups Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

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