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

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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