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Dr. Glaser's Visualization Center
To accompany Bruice, Organic Chemistry, 3/e, Chapter 16

Theme Molecule Name Chemical Formula
Survey of Carbonyl Compounds formaldehyde (S) H2C=O
Survey of Carbonyl Compounds acetaldehyde (S) H3C-CO-H
Survey of Carbonyl Compounds acetone (S) H3C-CO-CH3
Survey of Carbonyl Compounds acetic acid (S) H3C-CO-OH
Survey of Carbonyl Compounds acetamide (S) H3C-CO-NH2
Survey of Carbonyl Compounds acetyl_chloride (S) H3C-CO-Cl
Survey of Carbonyl Compounds acetic_anhydride (S) H3C-CO-O-CO-CH3
Survey of Carbonyl Compounds methyl_acetate (S) H3C-CO-O-CH3
Survey of Carbonyl Compounds acetonitrile (S) H3C-CN

[a] Unless otherwise noted, structures were optimized at the correlated ab initio level MP2(full)/6-31G*.