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The number of saturated acyclic carbonyl compounds (aldehydes and ketones, no other functional group) of formula $C X_{4} H X_{8} O$ is

A3
B2
C4
D5

Answer: A

Aldehydes: butanal and 2-methylpropanal. Ketone: butan-2-one only. Total 3.

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