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Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic acids are Carbonyl compounds. Aldehydes differ from Ketones in their oxidation reaction. Illustrate with one example.

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Answer :Aldehydes can be easily oxidised to carboxylic acids CONTAINING the same NUMBER of CARBON atoms with EVEN MILD oxidising agents such as Tollen's reagent.
`CH_3_CHOoverset([o])rarrCH_3-COOH`
But ketones do not undergo oxidation with mild oxidising agents. They undergo oxidation only when heated with strong oxidising agents such as con. `HNO_3` to from a mixture of acids containing less number of carbon atoms.
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