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  • In organic chemistry, a carbonyl group is a functional group composed of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom: C=O. It is common to several classes...
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  • chemical modification of a functional group with the aim of the reversal of polarity of that group. The carbonyl group is electrophilic at the carbon atom...
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  • Enol (category Functional groups)
    structure with an adjacent carbonyl-group. In the enolate ion, the inductive effect of the positively polarized carbonyl carbon strongly stabilizes the...
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  • Ketone (category Functional groups)
    where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents. The carbonyl group in aldehydes and ketones is an oxygen analog of the carbon–carbon double...
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  • Aldehyde (category Functional groups)
    compound containing a formyl group. The formyl group is a functional group, with the structure R-CHO, consisting of a carbonyl center (a carbon double bonded...
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  • Acyloin (category Functional groups)
    chemistry sharing a common functional group consisting of a hydroxyl group placed on the α-position of a carbonyl group. Many oxidants transform acyloins...
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  • Ester (category Functional groups)
    mechanism of esterifi cation is acid-catalyzed addition of alcohol to the carbonyl group followed by acid-catalyzed dehydration. Intramolecular ester formation...
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  • Epoxide (category Functional groups)
    highly reactive "carbanion" intermediate can be intercepted by the carbonyl group of aldehydes or ketones before it undergoes α-elimination to generate...
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  • Wolff–Kishner reaction). Alcohols add to carbonyl groups to yield acetals, which are valuable as protecting groups. Phosphorus ylides add to aldehydes and...
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  • substitution of the double bond. Conjugation of a double bond with a carbonyl group can markedly increase the rate of hydrogenation of the double bond....
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  • Carboxylic acid (category Functional groups)
    charge on the carbonyl carbon and therefore its deshielding are greatly reduced. The changes in electron density distribution around the carbonyl function...
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  • attack of a peroxy acid at the carbonyl carbon, which is followed by migration of an adjacent group from the carbonyl carbon to the electron-deficient...
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  • Organic Synthesis (2006), Ch. 4 : Functional Group Transformations: Oxidation and Reduction. A carbonyl transposition can be effected via the addition...
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  • Acyl halide (category Functional groups)
    acyl halides makes them useful synthetic relay points on the way to other carbonyl derivatives. K. Peter C. Vollhardt, Neil E. Schore (2011) Organic chemistry :...
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  • were the first to realize that chiral Brønsted acids can activate carbonyl groups which resulted in the development of the first organocatalytic electrocyclic...
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  • (the Henry-Nef tandem reaction). Note that the nitro group can be changed directly to a carbonyl. George S. Zweifel and Michael H. Nantz, Modern Organic...
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  • an excellent opportunity to review the properties of the carbonyl and hydroxy functional groups, and to explore how such simple structural components can...
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