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Hence, the anion of a ketone, where there are extra alkyl groups is less stable than that of an aldehyde, and so, a ketone is less acidic. In the ester, there is also a resonance donation from the alkoxy group towards the carbonyl that competes with the stabilisation of the enolate charge.
35 Acetone (MM = 60) Experiment 7 â Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids Aldehydes and ketones are molecules that contain a carbonyl group, which is an oxygen atom with a double bond to a carbon atom.arboxylic acids contain the carboxyl functional group, shown below. Physical Properties Aldehydes and ketones are polar because they contain a carbonyl group (oxygen is very electronegative compared to carbon).