Organic Chemistry

12th Edition

ISBN: 9781118875766

Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

Publisher: WILEY

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Aldehydes and Ketones

Aldehydes and ketones are organic compounds that have a carbonyl group, C = O, as their functional group. They both differ in the placement of this carbonyl group in their structures.

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Chapter 18, Problem 9PP

Practice Problem 18.9

In the synthesis of the keto acid just given, the dicarboxylic acid decarboxylates to give the product shown below at the left, and not the one shown at the right. Explain.

Chapter 18, Problem 9PP, Practice Problem 18.9
In the synthesis of the keto acid just given, the dicarboxylic acid

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