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jgeng03
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 Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: Which is more polar |
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| Is a ketone more polar then an alcohol? |
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| If you are asking to compare the carbonyl group in a ketone with the C-O bond in a comparable alcohol then, yes, the C=O bond is more polar (ie, the C is more delta positive and thus more reactive) because of resonance. |
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