Chapter 8
🍋 ALD, KETONES & CARBOXYLIC
1. Distinction Tests
- Tollens' Test: Ag(NH3)2+. Gives Silver Mirror. (+ve for ALL Aldehydes).
- Fehling's Test: Cu2+. Gives Red ppt. (+ve for Aliphatic Aldehydes ONLY).
- Iodoform: For CH3-C=O or CH3-CH(OH)-. Yellow ppt (CHI3).
2. Alpha-Hydrogen Rxns
- Aldol: Ald/Ket WITH α-H (Dil. NaOH) → β-hydroxy → Heat → α,β-unsaturated.
- Cannizzaro: Aldehydes WITHOUT α-H (HCHO). Conc. NaOH → Self oxidation-reduction →
Alcohol + Acid salt.
3. Reductions
- Rosenmund: Acid Chloride → Aldehyde (H2/Pd-BaSO4).
- Clemmensen: C=O → CH2 (Zn-Hg / conc. HCl).
- Wolff-Kishner: C=O → CH2 (NH2NH2 / KOH, Glycol).
4. Carboxylic Acids
- More acidic than Phenols (carboxylate ion has two equivalent resonance structures).
- HVZ Reaction: Acid with α-H + X2/Red P → α-Haloacid.