One method of synthesizing these compounds involves reacting carbon monoxide, hydrochloric acid, and a Lewis acid with a benzene ring.
One method of synthesizing these compounds involves reacting carbon monoxide, hydrochloric acid, and a Lewis acid with a benzene ring. Reacting primary alcohols with PCC yields these compounds, which are made in the Gatterman-Koch reaction. Copper II is reduced to copper oxide in the presence of these compounds in Fehling's test. The presence of a silver mirror distinguishes them from a similar type of compound in Tollen's test. Unlike ketones, these compounds have a terminal carbonyl carbon. For 10 points, name these compounds with general formula R-CHO, whose simplest member is formaldehyde.
One method of synthesizing these compounds involves reacting carbon monoxide, hydrochloric acid, and a Lewis acid with a benzene ring.
aldehydes