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  • Jan 9, 2011, 12:38 AM
    minato1008
    Why does benzaldehyde produce a neutral solution in water?
    I am not sure if it really does, but the result of my experiment indicates that it does. The same goes for acetone and acetophenone. Thanks. I really need to know.
  • Jan 9, 2011, 02:47 AM
    Dr.Jim
    Because aldehydes and ketones are neither acidic nor basic.
  • Jan 9, 2011, 03:18 AM
    Unknown008

    Do you know what causes acidity or basicity?
  • Jan 18, 2011, 10:33 AM
    luschei
    What causes acidity or basicity? Well I actually do not know the answer for this on ebut I'm going to go threw my notes and find the answer for you.
  • Jan 18, 2011, 10:39 AM
    Unknown008

    Um... you have the notes but you don't know them? How odd...
  • Jan 19, 2011, 04:10 PM
    Dr.Jim
    If this is from an organic chemistry course, then you should have learned about organic acids and bases before you learned about aldehydes and ketones. If this is from a biology or nursing chem course, then it's probably not necessary that you know why, but just that aldehydes and ketones are neither acidic nor basic.


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