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Aldehydes, Ketones And Carboxylic Acids

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Account for the fact that the C–O bond is shorter in RCOOH than in ROH.

Solution

RCOOH has contributing resonance structures as;

Due to this resonance, there is some double bond character in the C—O bond of the acid which shortens the bond length.

Some More Questions From Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Chapter

Write the structures of products of the following reactions:

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their boiling points:
CH₃CHO, CH₃CH₂OH, CH₃OCH₃, CH₃CH₂CH₃.

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reactions:
Ethanal, Propanal, Propanone, Butanone.

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reactions:
Benzaldehyde, p-Tolualdehyde, p-Nitrobenzaldehyde, Acetophenone.

Predict the products of the following reactions:

Predict the products of the following reactions:

Predict the products of the following reactions:

Predict the products of the following reactions:

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