Revision Notes for CBSE Class 12 Chemistry Chapter 8 (Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids) - Free PDF Download
FAQs on Aldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Class 12 Notes CBSE Chemistry Chapter 8 (Free PDF Download)
1. How are Aldehydes Prepared?
Aldehydes can be prepared by any of the following reactions.
Rosenmund Reaction
From the hydrogenation of acid chloride with palladium and barium sulphate as catalysts we prepare aldehydes.
Benzoyl chloride ⟶ benzaldehyde (catalyst - H2, Pd-BaSO4)
Stephen Reaction
Nitriles reacting with stannous chloride in the presence of hydrochloric acid is reduced to imine, and its hydrolysis gives us aldehyde.
RCN + SnCl2 + HCl ⟶ RCH = NH ⟶ RCHO
Etard Reaction
Methylbenzene on reacting with chromyl chloride gives a chromium complex which on hydrolysis gives us the corresponding benzaldehyde.
Methyl benzene + CrO2Cl2 ⟶ Chromium complex ⟶ benzaldehyde
2. What are the Uses of Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids?
Some common uses of these compounds are:
Aldehydes and Ketones - These are commonly used as solvents. Butyraldehyde, acetophenone and camphor are used for their odours and flavours. Acetone and ketones are commonly used as industrial solvents. Formaldehyde is commonly used in the production of formalin solutions which is used in preserving biological specimens. Acetaldehyde is used as a starting material in the manufacture of commonly used drugs and polymers.
Carboxylic Acids - In perfumes, esters of benzoic acid are used. It is also used in preserving food and fatty acids are commonly used in the production of soaps and detergents.
3. What are aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids?
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic acids are discussed in Chapter 8 of Class 12 Chemistry. The definitions for these terms are clearly stated in the following points:
The organic compounds which have a carbonyl group attached to a hydrogen atom and alkyl group forms aldehydes.
The organic compounds in which the carbonyl group is attached to two alkyl groups form ketones.
The hydrocarbon compounds whose carboxyl group substitutes one or more of the hydrogen atoms in the hydrocarbon forms carboxylic acids.
4. What are the name reactions in Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic acids?
Name reactions are those chemical reactions that are named after the people who discovered them and the chapter of ‘Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids’ of Chapter 8 of Chemistry for Class 12 students seems to be full of them. Students need to be thorough with all the name reactions to score well for their organic chemistry part of the exam:
Rosemund’s Reduction Reaction
Itard Reaction
Wolf-Kishner Reaction
Clemmenson’s Reduction Reaction
Cannizzaro Reaction
Kolbe-Schmitt Reaction
Hell-Volhard Zelinsky Reaction
5. Which of the functional groups is common to aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids?
Aldehydes have one carbonyl group while ketones have two. The functional group common to both Aldehydes and Ketones is the carbonyl group. For carboxylic acids, their weak nature makes the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group ionizable. Thus, carboxylic acids have a carboxyl group. In the case of aldehydes and ketones, their carbonyl group is at the end and the middle respectively. The carboxyl functional group is denoted as -CO, while the carboxyl group is denoted as -COOH.
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7. What are the important topics in Chapter 8 of Class 12 Chemistry?
The chapter ‘Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids’ forms an important and major part of Class 12 Organic Chemistry. Thus, this becomes a chapter that students can not skip and as such, the chapter is full of important topics that students need to be thorough with. The important topics are as follows.
Aldehydes
Ketones
Carboxylic acids
Hydration of Alkynes
Friedel Crafts Reactions
Formation of Cyanohydrins
Formation of Alcohols
Wolff-Kishner Reduction
Halogenation
Cannizzaro Reaction
Chemical test- Tollen’s reagent and Ferric Chloride
Other reactions.