MyQuestionIcon

1

You visited us 1 times! Enjoying our articles? Unlock Full Access!

Inductive Effect

How many of t...

Question

How many of the given carbonyl compounds are less reactive than formaldehyde with respect to nucleophilic addition?

Open in App

Solution

The correct answer is 6.
Formaldehyde is mor reactive with respect to nucleophilic addition.It has greater positive character of carbonyl carbon due to the partial positive charge on the carbon attached to Oxygen, which attracts the nucleophile.It has alkyl group is a $+ I$ group and hence decrease the polarity of $C = O$ .
On the other bulky alkyl groups produce steric hindrance to incoming nucleophile and are less reactive.

Suggest Corrections

thumbs-up

0

Similar questions

Q. Which of the following carbonyl compounds is most reactive towards nucleophilic addition reaction?

Q. The order of reactivity of carbonyl compounds for nucleophilic addition is:

Q. The order of reactivity of carbonyl compounds for nucleophillic addition is:

Q. Give reasons:
Propanone is less reactive than ethanal towards nucleophilic addition reactions.

Q. Consider following compounds and write total number of compounds which are less reactive than formaldehyde toward nucleophilic addition reaction.

C H_{3} - O | | C - H (i); C H_{3} - O | | C - C H_{3} (i i); E t - O | | C - H (i i i)

C H_{3} - C H_{2} - C H_{2} - O | | C - H (i v); P h - O | | C - C H_{3} (v); P h - O | | C - P h (v i)

View More

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

similar_icon

Related Videos

lock

Inductive Effect

CHEMISTRY

Watch in App

explore_more_icon

Explore more

Inductive Effect

Standard XII Chemistry

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

CrossIcon