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Aldehydes and ketones?

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What is an aldehydes and ketone?
They have the same functional group.
Is vanillin an aldehyde or a ketone?
From its structure, we can see that vanillin does not have a ketone functional group, but it has an aldehyde. It also has a phenol and ether functional group. For that reason, I wouldn't categorize...
Aldehydes and ketones may be reduced to?
alcohol
Is acetone an aldehyde or ketone?
A ketone. An aldehyde has a general formula finishing with COOH, whereas a Ketone only has a double bond between carbon and Oxygen towards the inside of the molecule (not the extremities)
How can we differentiate aldehyde and ketone?
by fehling solutions