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Why aldehyde and ketone react with weak acid such as hcn and but not with strong acid example hcl and sulfuric acid

why aldehyde and Ketone react with weak acid such as HCL and but not with strong acid example HCL and sulfuric acid
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  • Priyanshu kumar Best Answer
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  • Dinesh khalmaniya thankyou
    Actually, hydrogen cyanide reacts with aldehyde but not alone, it requires some additional reagent. Pure HCN can not react because, the HCN is very weak acid such taht it does not ...
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