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Methyl magnesium bromide (CH₃MgBr) reacts with propanal (CH₃CH₂CHO), adding the methyl group to the carbonyl, yielding butan-2-ol (CH₃CH(OH)CH₂CH₃) after hydrolysis.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers > Topic: Preparation of Phenols and Ethers - Williamson and Other Methods
Propan-1-ol (CH₃CH₂CH₂OH), a primary alcohol, is oxidized to propanal (CH₃CH₂CHO) with PCC, which stops at the aldehyde stage.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers > Topic: Preparation of Phenols and Ethers - Williamson and Other Methods
Propanal (CH₃CH₂CHO) is reduced to propan-1-ol (CH₃CH₂CH₂OH), a primary alcohol, using NaBH₄, which reduces aldehydes to alcohols.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers > Topic: Physical Properties and Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols
Propan-1-ol (CH₃CH₂CH₂OH), a primary alcohol, oxidizes to propanal (CH₃CH₂CHO) with PCC.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers > Topic: Physical Properties and Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols
Ethyl magnesium bromide (CH₃CH₂MgBr) reacts with propanal (CH₃CH₂CHO), adding the ethyl group to the carbonyl, yielding pentan-3-ol (CH₃CH₂CH(OH)CH₂CH₃) after hydrolysis.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers > Topic: Physical Properties and Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols
In CH₃CH₂CHO (propanal), the carbonyl carbon (C=O) has three sigma bonds and one pi bond, making it sp² hybridized.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Isomerism - Structural Isomerism - Chain Position Functional Metamerism
CH₃CH₂CHO (propanal) contains the -CHO group, characteristic of aldehydes.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Isomerism - Stereoisomerism - Geometrical and Optical Isomerism
Propanal (CH₃CH₂CHO) is an aldehyde. Its functional isomer with a carbonyl and three-carbon chain is CH₃COCH₃ (propan-2-one, acetone), a ketone.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Chemistry > Chapter 8: Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques > Topic: Classification and Nomenclature of Organic Compounds - IUPAC
