"The carbonyl group is electrophilic at the carbon atom and hence is susceptible to attack by nucleophilic reagents. Thus, the carbonyl group reacts as a formyl cation or as an acyl cation. A reversal of the positive polarity of the carbonyl group so it acts as a formyl or acyl anion would be synthetically very attractive. To achieve this, the carbonyl group is converted to a derivative whose carbon atom has the negative polarity. After its reaction with an electrophilic reagent, the carbonyl is regenerated. Reversal of polarity of a carbonyl group has been explored and systematized by Seebach."
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George S. Zweifel and Michael H. Nantz Modern Organic Synthesis (2006), Ch. 1. Synthetic Design
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