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Gabriel Tojo and Marcos Fernández, Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones: A Guide to Current Common Practice (2006), covers the working chemistry of organic synthesis. Detailed coverage is provided in Saul Patai (ed.), The Chemistry of the Carbonyl Group, 2 vol. (1966–70), and The Chemistry of Double-Bonded Functional Groups, 2 vol. (1977, reissued 1989). William P. Jencks, “Carbonyl- and Acyl-Group Reactions,” in his Catalysis in Chemistry and Enzymology (1969, reissued 1987), pp. 463–554, provides a detailed discussion of the mechanisms of these reactions.
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William H. Brown
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| Invalidated site: The University of Sydney - Aldehydes and Ketones. | Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Open Biology - The aldehyde hypothesis: metabolic intermediates as antimicrobial effectors. | Jul 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Sydney - Aldehydes and Ketones. | Jun 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Colorado Boulder - The Chemistry of Aldehydes and Ketones. Addition Reactions (PDF). | May 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Colorado Boulder - The Chemistry of Aldehydes and Ketones. Addition Reactions (PDF). | May 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Organic and Biochemistry Supplement to Enhanced Introductory College Chemistry - Chemical Properties of Aldehydes and Ketones. | Jan 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Marshall University - College of Science - Aldehydes and Ketones. | Nov 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oregon Institute of Technology - Aldehydes and Ketones. | Aug 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CAMEO Chemicals - Aldehydes. | Jun 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Ketone naming. | Apr 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Organic Chemistry - Why This Chapter? | Feb 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Contribution of Aldehydes and Their Derivatives to Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Activities. | Dec 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Aldehydes as powerful initiators for photochemical transformations. | Sep 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: ACS Publication - Molecular Mechanisms of Aldehyde Toxicity: A Chemical Perspective. | Aug 01, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Michigan State University - Aldehydes and Ketones. | Jun 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Aldehydes and Ketones. | Oct 14, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Aldehyde Introduction. | Oct 11, 2022 | ||
| Added a photo of a Bakelite rotary phone. | Oct 20, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 12, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information -. | Dec 31, 2015 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 30, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Aug 15, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 15, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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