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प्रश्न
Give reasons to support the answer:
Presence of Alpha hydrogen in aldehydes and ketones is essential for aldol condensation.
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उत्तर
The alpha hydrogen atoms are acidic in nature due to presence of electron withdrawing carbonyl group. These can be easily removed by a base and the carbanion formed is resonance stabilized.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the products formed when CH3CHO reacts with the following reagents: CH3CHO in the presence of dilute NaOH
How will you convert ethanal into the following compound?
But-2-enal
How will you bring about the following conversion in not more than two steps?
Ethanol to 3-Hydroxybutanal
Which of the following conversions can be carried out by Clemmensen Reduction?
(i) Benzaldehyde into benzyl alcohol
(ii) Cyclohexanone into cyclohexane
(iii) Benzoyl chloride into benzaldehyde
(iv) Benzophenone into diphenyl methane
The major product of the following reaction is:
Explain Aldol condensation of ethanal.
Which of the following does not give aldol condensation reaction?
Which of the following compounds will undergo self-condensation in the presence of dilute NaOH solution?
When acetaldehyde is treated with dilute NaOH, the following reaction is observed.
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{2CH3 - CHO ->[dil.NaOH] CH3 - CH - CH2 - CHO}\\
\phantom{...............}|\\
\phantom{.................}\ce{OH}
\end{array}\]
- What are the functional groups in the product?
- Can another product be formed during the same reaction? (Deduce the answer by doing atomic audit of reactant and product).
- Is this an addition reaction or condensation reaction?
Write a note on the aldol condensation reaction of acetaldehyde.
