aldol reactions
Aldol reactions refer to a class of organic chemical reactions in which an alpha carbon bonded to a carbonyl group (usually an aldehyde or a ketone) undergoes nucleophilic addition with another carbonyl compound, resulting in the formation of a β-hydroxyaldehyde or β-hydroxyketone.
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- acid-catalyzed reactions
- aldehyde oxidation
- aldol condensation
- aldol condensation followed by dehydration
- aldol condensation of ketones
- aromatic ketone reactions
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- cross-coupling reactions
- friedel-crafts alkylation
- ketone formation by oxidative rearrangement of aldehydes
- ketone reactions
- oxidation of secondary alcohols
- oxidation reactions
- oxidative dehydrogenation of alcohols
- rearrangement reactions of ketones