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Definition of the noun aldol reaction
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- a reaction of aldehydes resulting in an aldol
The aldol reaction is a means of forming carbon–carbon bonds in organic chemistry. Discovered independently by Charles-Adolphe Wurtz and Alexander Borodin in 1872, the reaction combines two carbonyl compounds to form a new β-hydroxy carbonyl compound. These products are known as aldols, from the aldehyde + alcohol, a structural motif seen in many of the products. Aldol structural units are found in many important molecules, whether naturally occurring or synthetic. For example, the aldol reaction has been used in the large-scale production of the commodity chemical pentaerythritol and the synthesis of the heart disease drug Lipitor.
- also known as تفاعل آلدول, 羟醛反应
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by Jaemoon Yang
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS The aldol reaction is an addition of metal enolates to aldehydes or ketones to form β-hydroxy carbonyl compounds.1 The simplest aldol reaction would be the reaction of acetaldehyde lithium enolate with ...
Encyclopedia of Astrobiology (2011)
by Muriel Gargaud
At this step, the aldotetrose can react via a retro- aldol reaction to give two molecules of glycolaldehyde. Due to the generation of two ...
by Taniya Sachdeva
Aldol reaction Also known as aldol condensation, it is a way of forming carbon– carbon bonds in organic chemistry. It combines two carbonyl compounds to make a new -hydroxy carbonyl compound, which is called aldol. Algin It is a viscid ...
by John O. E. Clark, William Hemsley
alkaline aldol reaction Condensation reaction between two aldehyde or two 10.
A Dictionary of Science (2010)
by Elizabeth A. Martin
aldol See ALDOL REACTION. aldol reaction A reaction of aldehydes of the type ZRCHZCHO \——' RCH2CH(OH)CHRCHO where R is a hydrocarbon group. The resulting ...
by Peter J. Gosling
ALDOL REACTION Aliphatic COMPOUND aldol reaction (chemistry) CONDENSATION REACTION ...
by Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press
aldol reaction Organic Chemistry, a reversible acid- or base- catalyzed addition of the a carbon atom of one carbonyl compound (or moiety of a molecule) to the carbonyl carbon of another molecule (or moiety of the original ...
Dictionary of Parasitology (2005)
by Peter J. Gosling
aldol reaction (chemistry) Condensation reaction between two aldehyde or two ketone molecules that produces a molecule containing an aldehyde (-CHO) group and an alcohol (-OH) ...
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