How to pronounce“carbonyls”in English

The overall process of two carbonyls coming together with loss of water is called aldol condensation.

But the pKa of the alpha hydrogens in compounds with two carbonyls are lower.

We don't just use chemical disguises with carbonyls, though.

We're gonna be dealing with a lot of carbonyls, a carbon attached to an oxygen with a double bond, like this: The central carbon in this group is called the carbonyl carbon.

With crossed aldol reactions, it’s very important to choose the carbonyls carefully, otherwise we end up with a horrible mess of different products.

These alpha hydrogens are acidic, while the other hydrogens in carbonyls aren’t acidic enough to be removed by a base.

When we were comparing pKas, we saw that alpha hydrogens surrounded by two carbonyl groups are much more acidic than plain old carbonyls.