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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Why do only methyl ketones gives positive haloform reactions?

The Haloform reaction given by only methyl ketones because it can form enolate ions by removal of alpha hydrogen and which is stabilised by de localisation of electron with carbonyl carbon therefore the alpha carbon can be bonded with three halogens atoms .

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