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

13.1 Addition of Water

Water adds to an aldehyde or a ketone ot form a hydrate. A hydrate is a molecule with two OH groups on the same carbon. Hydrates are also called gem-diols.

The mechanism for the addition reaction involves nucleophilic attack by water on carbonyl carbon. Loss of a proton from the oxonium ion and gain of a proton by the oxyanion forms the DIOL.


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