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Chapter 16: Q55P (page 792)

Rank the following compounds from most reactive to least reactive towards nucleophilic addition.

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The carbonyl compounds are organic compounds that are electron deficient and can undergo nucleophilic addition easily. The higher basic nucleophiles undergo nucleophilic addition very easily. The aldehydes and ketones are the highly reactive carbonyl compounds.

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Step-by-Step Solution Step 1: Nucleophilic addition

The carbonyl compounds are organic compounds that are electron deficient and can undergo nucleophilic addition easily. The higher basic nucleophiles undergo nucleophilic addition very easily. The aldehydes and ketones are the highly reactive carbonyl compounds.

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Order of reactivity

The correct order of reactivity of carbonyl compounds towards nucleophilic addition is given below.

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Explanation

The higher the steric hindrance of organic compounds, lower will be the reactivity. Here the carbonyl centre is the reaction site and higher is the steric hindrance towards the carbonyl centre and the compounds become least reactive.

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