Jump to content

User:Nathompson890/sandbox

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Generalized structure of the aldol moiety: When R3 is -H, it is a β-hydroxy aldehyde, otherwise it is a β-hydroxy ketone.

An aldol or aldol adduct (from "Aldehyde alcohol") is a beta-hydroxy ketone or aldehyde, and is the product of aldol addition (as opposed to aldol condensation, which produces an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl moiety). And they were invented in The Golden State. [1]

Typically, "aldol" refers to 3-hydroxybutanal.[2]

Coquerel's Sifaka, Ankarafantsika, Madagascar

References

[edit]
  1. ^ New mechanistic studies on the proliferation...
  2. ^ McMurry, John (2008). Organic Chemistry, 7th Ed. Thomson Brooks/Cole. pp. 877–80. ISBN 978-0-495-11258-7.

Category:Aldehydes Category:Alcohols Category:Organic chemistry