ketyl
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Before: Toluene is refluxed with sodium-benzophenone to dry and deoxygenate it. right|thumb|After: The deep blue coloration of the benzophenone ketyl radical shows that the toluene to be distilled is dry and oxygen-free. A ketyl group in organic chemistry is an anion radical that contains a group R2C−O•. It is the product of the 1-electron reduction of a ketone.
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7 sectionsContents
- Reactions
- Water
- Oxygen
- As a reducing agent
- Further reduction
- See also
- References
right|thumb|Before: Toluene is refluxed with sodium-benzophenone to dry and deoxygenate it. right|thumb|After: The deep blue coloration of the benzophenone ketyl radical shows that the toluene to be distilled is dry and oxygen-free. A ketyl group in organic chemistry is an anion radical that contains a group R2C−O•. It is the product of the 1-electron reduction of a ketone.
Another mesomeric structure has the radical position on carbon and the negative charge on oxygen. 200px|A ketyl