Engineering
Chemistry
Chemical Reaction of Aldehyde and Ketones
Nucleophilic addition
Question
A carbonyl compound reacts with hydrogen cyanide to form cyanohydrin which on hydrolysis forms a racemic mixture of α-hydroxy acid. The carbonyl compound is :
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Solution
In order to get a Racemic mixture of
As acetal dehyde has a chiral carbon atom having four different groups hence it forms a racemic mixture of