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Stephen reaction

Synthesis of Aldehydes & Ketones

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Reduction with DIBAL-H Alkyl Cyanide & Grignards reagent

If excess of grignards reagent is used, reaction continues to form tertiary alcohol

Rosenmund reduction Acid chloride & Grignards reagent

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Acid chloride & Dialkylcadmium Acid chloride & Dialkylcadmium

Acid chloride & Dialkylcadmium Calcium carboxylate


Dry distillatrion of calcium formate yields formaldehyde
Synthesis of Dialkylcadmium

Dry distillatrion of calcium carboxylate other than calcium formate yields ketones

Calcium carboxylate Aromatic aldehyde

Etards Reaction

• Dry distillatrion of a mixture of calcium formate & calcium carboxylate yield


aldehyde along with formaldehyde and a symmetrical ketone

• Dry distillatrion of a mixture of two different calcium carboxylate will yield a


mixture of an unsymmetrical ketone & two symmetrical ketone

• Mixture is seperated by fractional distillation

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Aromatic aldehyde Rosenmund reduction

Etards Reaction

Stephen reaction

Reduction with DIBAL-H Fridedel Crafts acylation

Alkanenitriles

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Alkanenitriles chemical properties

sp2 hybridised carbon Planar Trigonal planar geometry

Nucleophilic addition reaction Comparison aldehydes & Ketones

Planar

Comparison aldehydes & Ketones Comparison aldehydes & Ketones

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Aromatic & Aliphatic aldehyde

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