The partner that is used along with benzaldehyde is acetophenone to yield 1,3-Diphenylprop-2-en-1-one.
In adol condensation, aldehydes or ketones having α - H atoms undergo condensation in the presence of a dilute alkali to form β - hydroxy aldehydes or ketones.
Under mixed or crossed adol condensation,
undergoes condensation in the presence of dilute alkali to form a mixture of β - hydroxy aldehyde or ketone.
The following reaction takes place:
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Question: Mixed aldol condensations involving benzaldehyde yield typically a single product. draw the structure of the partner that was used to synthesize this molecule:
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