what is ALDOL reaction ? plz explain!
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Answer:
Aldol is an abbreviation aldehyde and alcohol. When the enolate of an aldehyde reacts at the a-carbon with carbonyl of another molecule under basic or acidic condition to obtain b-hydroxy aldehyde this reaction is called aldol reaction
Answer:
The aldol reaction is a means of forming carbon–carbon bonds in organic chemistry.
Explanation:
A useful carbon-carbon bond-forming reaction known as the Aldol Reaction is yet another example of electrophilic substitution at the alpha carbon in enolate anions. The fundamental transformation in this reaction is a dimerization of an aldehyde (or ketone) to a beta-hydroxy aldehyde (or ketone) by alpha C–H addition of one reactant molecule to the carbonyl group of a second reactant molecule. Due to the carbanion like nature of enolates they can add to carbonyls in a similar manner as Grignard reagents. For this reaction to occur at least one of the reactants must have α hydrogens.