Day 476: MHT-CET Chemistry

1. A.
   Aldehydes have a proton attached to the carbonyl that is abstracted during oxidation. Ketones lack this proton and so, cannot be oxidised.
2. B.
   Reducing agents like HNO$_3$ are sterically hindered by ketone's carbonyl carbon.
3. C.
   Aldehydes and ketones are of similar hybridisation.
4. D.
   The rate of the forward oxidation reaction is equal to the rate of the reverse reduction reaction in ketones.

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