NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Chemistry Chapter 12: Aldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Class 12 Chemistry NCERT Solutions for Chapter 12 Aldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic Acids – All Questions Solved

Question 12.1:
What is meant by the following terms? Give an example of the reaction in each case.
(i) Cyanohydrin (ii) Acetal
(iii) Semicarbazone (iv) Aldol
(v) Hemiacetal (vi) Oxime
(vii) Ketal (vii) Imine
(ix) 2,4-DNP-derivative (x) Schiff’s base
Answer
(i) Cyanohydrin:
Cyanohydrins are organic compounds having the formula RR′C(OH)CN, where R and R′ can be alkyl or aryl groups.