Chemistry > Aldehydes and Ketones > 13.0 Addition of Oxygen Nucleophile

  Aldehydes and Ketones
    1.0 Introduction
    2.0 Methods of Preparation
    3.0 Physical Properties
    4.0 Relative Reactivities of Carbonyl Compounds
    5.0 Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles
    6.0 Haloform Reactions
    7.0 Aldol Condensations
    8.0 Claisen Condensation
    9.0 Intramolecular Claisen Condensation
    10.0 Cannizzaro Reaction
    11.0 Reformatsky Reaction
    12.0 Addition of Nitrogen Nucleophiles
    13.0 Addition of Oxygen Nucleophile
    14.0 Addition of Sulphur Nucleophile
    15.0 Oxidation of Aldehydes And Ketones
    16.0 Reduction of Aldehyde and Ketones
    17.0 Other Reactions Of Aldehydes And Ketones

13.8 Acid-Catalyzed Acetal Formation



If we place the acetal in water and add a small amount of acid, all of the steps reverse. Under these conditions (an excess of water), the equilibrium favours the formation of the aldehyde. The acetal undergoes acid catalysed hydrolysis.

Acetal formation is not favoured when ketones are treated with simple alcohols and gaseous HCl. Cyclic acetal formation is favoured, however, when a ketone is treated with an excess of a 1,2-diol and a trace of acid.
This reaction, too, can be reversed by treating the acetal with aqueous acid:



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