Why do aldehydes undergo nucleophilic addition reactions while acyl chlorides un

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Why do aldehydes undergo nucleophilic addition reactions while acyl chlorides undergo nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions? A. The carbonyl carbon of the aldehyde is more electrophilic than the carbonyl of the acyl chloride. B. Once the nucleophile adds to the aldehyde, neither H^- nor R^- can function as a leaving group, so a substitution cannot take place. C. Because an SN2 substitution can best take place on the sp3 hybridized carbonyl carbon of the acyl halide. D. Once the nucleophile adds to the aldehyde, the tetrahedral intermediate is too sterically hindered to eliminate one of the attached groups.

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Ans: A

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