Carbonyl Chemistry

Attacking C=O

An interactive lesson with 4 steps, about 5 minutes: you predict, drag and solve, with instant feedback on every answer. It runs in your browser and needs JavaScript.

What you’ll learn

• Nucleophiles add to the C=O carbon; the π pair moves to O.
• Cyanide lengthens chains; hydride reduces to alcohols.

Steps

1. The most useful bond
2. Cyanide adds to acetone
3. Hydride
4. Faster or slower?