What is the nature of carbon present in aldehyde?
Correct answer: B. Electrophilic
- A. Nucleophilic
- B. Electrophilic
- C. Neutral
- D. All of these
Explanation
Carbon attached to the aldehyde group is electron deficient due to highly electronegative oxygen being bonded to it, thus acting as an electrophile.
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