Carbonyl Compounds - exam practice

Propanone has a much higher boiling temperature than butane.

The main reason for this is

CH₃CH₂COCH₂CH₃ reacts with hydrogen cyanide to form an organic product called a hydroxynitrile.

Which feature applies to the hydroxynitrile product?

Compound X contains two functional groups.

Which reagent will react with only one of the functional groups?

Structural isomerism and stereoisomerism should be considered when answering this question.

Each of the following carbonyl compounds is reacted with NaBH₄. The product of each reaction is heated with concentrated phosphoric acid at 170°C, generating one product or a mixture of isomers.

Which carbonyl compound will produce the most isomers?

Ketones react with hydrogen cyanide, HCN, in the presence of cyanide ions, CN^-.

This type of reaction is classified as

Name the functional group in HCHO.

What is the functional group in C₆H₅COCH₃?

Which alcohol could not be produced by the reduction of an aldehyde or a ketone?

Which compound forms optically active compounds on reduction?