Nucleophilic Addition to Carbonyl Groups An Overview

The carbonyl carbon, which is trigonal and sp -hybridized in the starting aldehyde or ketone, becomes tetrahedral and spAhybridized in the reaction product 

This converts the carbonyl carbon to a carbocation and enhances its susceptibility to attack by nucleophiles. 

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