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The document discusses aldol condensation reactions, which allow the formation of carbon-carbon bonds through base-catalyzed reactions between aldehydes and ketones. Specifically, it describes how (1) a base deprotonates the alpha hydrogen of a carbonyl compound to form an enolate ion, which (2) undergoes nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl carbon of another aldehyde or ketone to form a beta-hydroxy aldehyde or ketone. This aldol product may then (3) undergo dehydration to form an alpha,beta unsaturated car
- Author
- Ronny Alex
- Language
- EN