This term is also sometimes used in inorganic chemistry to refer to a similar group taken alone and with an additional pi bond, isoelectronic to cyanide, a common ligand with four bridging modes.
The Tishchenko reaction dimerizes a compound with a terminal one of these, while the Cannizzaro reaction is a disproportionation of another such compound. This term is also sometimes used in inorganic chemistry to refer to a similar group taken alone and with an additional pi bond, isoelectronic to cyanide, a common ligand with four bridging modes. FMO theory dictates that the LUMO of most compounds containing them is its pi star. FTP, identify this group which is found in amides, ketones, and carboxylic acids, consisting of a carbon double bonded to an oxygen.
The Tishchenko reaction dimerizes a compound with a terminal one of these, while the Cannizzaro reaction is a disproportionation of another such compound.
{carbonyl} (or {aldehyde} before “one of these”)