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 a Grignard Reagent and know how to make it
• predict products from Grignard addition to aldehydes, ketones and carbon dioxide
• recognize an acetal.

• 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

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 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