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| Before we can talk about the acidity of a-hydrogens,
we really need to know what we mean by an "a-hydrogen".
Greek letters are used to describe the positions adjacent to a functional group. So a are those H atoms in the groups immediately adjacent to the carbonyl group then b, g etc. Make sure you can identify how many a-hydrogens there are in the following examples of common aldehydes and ketones.... |
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