Question
Reactions between cyanide and aldehydes/ketones produce compounds called ____.
Answer
Reactions between cyanide and aldehydes/ketones produce compounds called cyanohydrins.
Note: After the hydrogen dissociates, the nucleophilic cyanide anion can attack the carbonyl carbon atom. Reactions with aldehydes and ketones produce stable compounds called cyanohydrins once the oxygen has been reprotonated. The cyanohydrin gains its stability from the newly formed C–C bond.
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A ____ has two alkyl groups bonded to the carbonyl.
____ has one alkyl group and one hydrogen bonded to a carbonyl.
Aryl is any functional group or substituent derived from ____ .
____ is any functional group or substituent derived from an aromatic ring .
____ are named by replacing the – e at the end of the alkane name with the suffix – al .
Aldehydes are named by replacing the ____.