Arrange the following carbonyl compounds in decreasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition…

Arrange the following carbonyl compounds in decreasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reaction.
  1. (ii) $>(\mathrm{iii})>(\mathrm{i})>(\mathrm{iv})$
  2. $(\mathrm{ii})>(\mathrm{i})>(\mathrm{iv})>(\mathrm{iii})$
  3. $($ iii $)>(\mathrm{ii})>(\mathrm{i})>(\mathrm{iv})$
  4. $(\mathrm{iii})>(\mathrm{i})>(\mathrm{iv})>(\mathrm{ii})$

Solution

Aldehyde will be more reactive than ketone.

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