Chemistry - Organic Chemistry - Functional Groups - Aldehydes and ketones - Aldehyde or Ketone?
Sort 10 carbonyl compounds into ALDEHYDE (C=O at end of chain, has H) or KETONE (C=O in middle, no H on carbonyl). Aldehydes: HCHO (methanal/formaldehyde), CH₃CHO (ethanal/acetaldehyde), C₆H₅CHO (benzaldehyde), propanal, butanal. Ketones: CH₃COCH₃ (propanone/acetone), cyclohexanone, pentan-2-one, pe