Ketones and aldehydes have carbon atom double-bonded to oxygen atom {carbonyl}. Aldehydes and ketones are colorless, have sweet odor, are polar, are not acidic or basic, are oxidizable to carboxylic acids, and are reducible to alcohols. Carbonyls are reactive. Aldehydes are more reactive than ketones. Aldehydes and ketones are liquids unless they have more than twenty carbons. Small aldehydes and ketones dissolve in water.
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