Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Ketone assumed more reactive than aldehyde
What goes wrong
Treats ketones as more reactive than aldehydes toward nucleophilic addition, ignoring steric and electronic stabilization.
Next time
Rank aldehydes higher: ketones have greater steric crowding and two electron-donating alkyl groups reducing carbonyl electrophilicity.
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