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Discuss the nature of C-O Bond in carbonyl compounds.

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As oxygen is more electronegative than carbon so carbonyl group exists as a resonance hybrid of following two structure (neutral and dipolar).

Due to presence of the +ve and -ve charges in the dipolar structure the carbon acts as an electrophilic centre while the oxygen acts as an a nucleophilic centre.
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