Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Carbonyl compounds

Carbonyl compounds — practice question

The diagram illustrates the structure of a compound produced when HCN reacts with a carbonyl compound, X. Name the mechanism of this reaction and the functional group present in X?

  • Aelectrophilic addition; aldehyde
  • Belectrophilic addition; ketone
  • Cnucleophilic addition; aldehyde
  • Dnucleophilic addition; ketone

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