Structurally,aldehydes Are to Ketones as Carboxylic Acids Are to Esters

question 167

Essay

Structurally,aldehydes are to ketones as carboxylic acids are to esters.Use the general formulas of these compounds to make sense of this comparison.

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Definitions:

Add

To combine one thing with another so as to increase the size, number, or amount.

Assumption

A premise or statement taken to be true without evidence for the sake of argument or investigation.

UI

Universal Instantiation, a logical rule of inference stating if something is true for everything in a category, it is true for any specific instance of that category.

Quantifier-Negation Rule

A principle in formal logic that deals with the relationship between quantifiers and the negation of statements.