Notes

Chemical Reactions of Aromatic Aldehydes…

In general, chemical reactions of both aromatic aldehydes and ketones are similar to those of aliphatic aldehydes and ketones are given below:
(i) Electrophilic substitution reaction due to benzene ring
(ii) Claisen-Schmidt reaction
(iii) Perkin condensation
(iv) Benzylic acid rearrangement.