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Grignard Addition to Aldehydes & Ketones | 19.7a Organic Chemistry

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In this lesson Chad presents the nucleophilic addition of various carbon nucleophiles to aldehydes and ketones. This includes a review of the addition of acetylides and grignard reagents to ketones and aldehydes to form alcohols as well as the addition of HCN to ketones and aldehydes to form a cynohydrin. The acetylide addition mechanism, grignard reaction mechanism, and cyanohydrin formation mechanism are all presented as well.

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00:00 Lesson Introduction
00:54 Acetylide Addition to Aldehydes and Ketones
03:06 Grignard Reaction with Aldehydes and Ketones
05:22 Cyanohydrin Formation

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