Abstract
The Aldol condensation is the coupling of an enolate ion with a carbonyl compound to form a ȕ-hydroxycarbonyl, and sometimes, followed by dehydration to give a conjugated enone. A simple case is addition of an enolate to an aldehyde to afford an alcohol, thus the name aldol.
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Li, J. J. (2009). Aldol condensation. In Name Reactions (pp. 3–5). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01053-8_2
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