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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.
Ch18 Ketones and Aldehydes (landscape) Page 13 However, to circumvent this problem, carboxylic acids can be converted first into a functional group that is easier to reduce than an aldehyde group. The group of choice is an acid chloride.h18 Ketones and Aldehydes (landscape) Page 17 The carbonyl group is a weak base, and in acidic solution it can become protonated. This makes the carbon very electrophilic (see resonance structures), and so it will react with poor nucleophiles.