How do I know something is a carbonyl compound?
1 Answer
Mar 24, 2015
You will need to identify the presence of a ketone (aka cabonyl) functional group. Note the difference between a ketone and an aldehyde. The ketone will not have a H directly bonded to the C which forms the double bond with O.
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