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

13.5 Mechanism for the Reaction
The essential structural features of a hemiacetal are an –OH and an –OR group attached to the same carbon atom.

Most open-chain hemiacetals are not sufficiently stable to allow their isolation. Cyclic hemiacetals with five-or six membered rings, however, are usually much more stable.
Ketones undergo similar reactions when they are dissolved in an alcohol. The products (which are also unstable as open-chain compounds) are called hemiacetals.
The formation of hemiacetals is catalyzed by acids and bases.


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