Chemical characterstics of carbonyl compounds
Carbonyl compounds provide chemical reactions due to carbonyl group and α-hydrogens.
Carbonyl compounds' Chemical reactions can be categorized into following categories.
(a) Nucleophilic addition reactions
(b) Addition followed by elimination reactions
(c) Oxidation
(d) Reduction
(e) Reactions due to α-hydrogen
(f) Condensation reactions and
(g) Miscellaneous reactions