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KCET · Chemistry · Aldehydes and Ketones

Arrange the following compounds in their decreasing order of reactivity towards Nucleop addition reaction.
\(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COCH}_3, \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COC}_2 \mathrm{H}_5, \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CHO}\)

  1. A \(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CHO}\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COCH}_3\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COC}_2 \mathrm{H}_5\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COCH}_3\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CHO}\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COC}_2 \mathrm{H}_5\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COC}_2 \mathrm{H}_5\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COCH}_3\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CHO}\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CHO}\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COC}_2 \mathrm{H}_5\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COCH}_3\)
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(A) \(\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CHO}\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COCH}_3\gt\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COC}_2 \mathrm{H}_5\)

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NAR reactivity \(\times \frac{\text { Positive charge Nucleophilic centre }}{\text { Steric hindrance at Nucleophilic centre }}\)