CH208 Lecture 4/4/96

This is an experiment in which structures were drawn in class in real time and later put on the internet.
1. Direct alkylation of Carbonyl Compounds:

a. A specific example

b. Alkylation of enolates:

2. The Aldol Condensation. The simplest example is acetaldehyde:

To write the products of the aldol condensation, simply draw a bond between the alpha carbon of one molecule to the carbonyl carbon of the other molecule. Convert this carbonyl to an OH.

The aldol condensation of cyclohexanone:


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