Chemistry A-Level
Carbonyl group distinction
What Carbonyl group distinction means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Carbonyl group distinction
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Separating an aldehyde from a ketone by checking what is bonded to the carbonyl carbon, since a hydrogen attached means an aldehyde and two carbon groups mean a ketone.
Topics that use Carbonyl group distinction
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