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Explain why Aldehydes and ketones undergoes nucleophilic addition while alkenes undergoes electrophilic addition though both are unsaturated compounds.

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The carbon-oxygen double bond in carbonyl compounds is polarised due to higher electronegativity of oxygen relative to carbon. Hence the carbonyl carbon is an electrophilic and carbonxyl oxygen is a nucleophilic addition reaction.
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`to` Alkenes contain image which is a source of electron density to electrophilies add no to C =C to give addition products. Hence alkenes undergo electrophilic addition reaction.

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