Ch. 19 - Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic AdditionWorksheetSee all chapters
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Ch. 1 - A Review of General Chemistry
Ch. 2 - Molecular Representations
Ch. 3 - Acids and Bases
Ch. 4 - Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
Ch. 5 - Chirality
Ch. 6 - Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Ch. 7 - Substitution Reactions
Ch. 8 - Elimination Reactions
Ch. 9 - Alkenes and Alkynes
Ch. 10 - Addition Reactions
Ch. 11 - Radical Reactions
Ch. 12 - Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides and Thiols
Ch. 13 - Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds
Ch. 14 - Synthetic Techniques
Ch. 15 - Analytical Techniques: IR, NMR, Mass Spect
Ch. 16 - Conjugated Systems
Ch. 17 - Aromaticity
Ch. 18 - Reactions of Aromatics: EAS and Beyond
Ch. 19 - Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition
Ch. 20 - Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: NAS
Ch. 21 - Enolate Chemistry: Reactions at the Alpha-Carbon
Ch. 22 - Condensation Chemistry
Ch. 23 - Amines
Ch. 24 - Carbohydrates
Ch. 25 - Phenols
Ch. 26 - Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Sections
Naming Aldehydes
Naming Ketones
Oxidizing and Reducing Agents
Oxidation of Alcohols
Ozonolysis
DIBAL
Alkyne Hydration
Nucleophilic Addition
Cyanohydrin
Organometallics on Ketones
Overview of Nucleophilic Addition of Solvents
Hydrates
Hemiacetal
Acetal
Acetal Protecting Group
Thioacetal
Imine vs Enamine
Addition of Amine Derivatives
Wolff Kishner Reduction
Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation
Acid Chloride to Ketone
Nitrile to Ketone
Wittig Reaction
Ketone and Aldehyde Synthesis Reactions
Additional Practice
Physical Properties of Ketones and Aldehydes
Multi-Functionalized Carbonyl Nomenclauture
Catalytic Reduction of Carbonyls
Tollens’s Test
Fehling’s Test 
Alkyne Hydroboration to Yield Aldehydes
Nucleophilic Addition Reactivity
Strecker Synthesis
Synthesis Involving Acetals
Reduction of Carbonyls to Alkanes
Clemmensen vs Wolff-Kischner
Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation Synthesis
Weinreb Ketone Synthesis
Wittig Retrosynthesis
Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons Reaction
Carbonyl Missing Reagent
Carbonyl Hydrolysis
Carbonyl Synthesis
Carbonyl Retrosynthesis
Reactions of Ketenes
Ketene Synthesis
Additional Guides
Acetal and Hemiacetal
LearnAdditional PracticeSummary
Next SectionAcid Chloride to Ketone

Now we're going to learn about a really unique oxidation reaction called the Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation. This reaction uses peroxy acids to convert ketones and aldehydes into esters and carboxylic acids. 

Concept #1: General Reaction:

Example #1: Predict The product:

Example #2: Show the mechanism:

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Additional Problems
The principal organic product of the following reaction is
Complete the following organic transformation by drawing the correct structure of the one single major principal organic product in the box provided. 
Which reagent is needed to carry out the following reaction?
Provide a detialed mechanism for the following reaction:
The Baeyer-Villiger reaction of 3-pentanone with a peroxy acid, RCO 3H, will yield (a) pentanal. (b) 3-pentanol. (c) ethyl propanoate. (d) diethyl ether. (e) none of the above.
The principal product of the following reaction is
Complete the following reaction supplying the missing substrates (reactants), products, or reagents and showing correct regio- and stereochemistry where applicable. If a racemic or diastereomeric mixture forms show all stereoisomers or indicate racemic mixture: if no reaction takes place write N.R.
Provide a complete mechanism for the following transformation.
The carbonyl group of an aldehyde or ketone may be reduced via several different methods. a) Select all viable methods for aldehyde/ketone reduction. -Na2Cr2O7 and H2SO4 -Wolff-Kishner method -Baeyer-Villiger method -NH3, H2, and Raney Ni -1) LiAIH4, 2) H2O -Clemmensen method -KMnO4 and H2SO4 b) Of the reduction methods, which one would be best performed under acidic conditions? -Clemmensen method -Na2Cr2O7 and H2SO4 -NH3, H2, and Raney Ni -KMnO4 and H2SO4 -Baeyer-Villiger method -Wolff-Kishner method -1) LiAIH4, 2) H2O
Predict the product of the following reaction.