Why doesn't a halogen add to a carbonyl carbon?
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Answer / sarath
generally carbonyl compounds undergo nucleophilic addition
reactions
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Answer / surya
carbonyl compounds posess "o" which is highly EN so .. they
hv more tendency towards nucleophiles " +" charged ones
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Answer / sreelekha nossam
electro negative atom.cannot attack on the electronegative atom so halogen cannot attack on carbonyl carbon
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