is alcohol more reactive than aldehydes?if yes give reason. if no then reason plz
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is alcohol more reactive than aldehydes?if yes give reason. if no then reason plz
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Alcohols add reversibly to aldehydes and ketones to form hemiacetals or hemiketals (hemi, Greek, half). This reaction can continue by adding another alcohol to form an acetal or ketal. These are important functional groups because they appear in sugars.