Question

Consider the volumes of benzaldehyde and acetone that you used for your scaled-down version of the lab (as described on the Aldol Condensation page and in the Aldol Lab quiz), and consider how these reactants are added to the reaction mixture. There is a potential problem associated with the preparation and addition of the benzaldehyde/acetone mixture, which would be exacerbated by the scaling down of the reaction. What is this problem, and why would this become a bigger problem at smaller scale

Answer 1

Aldol condensation is possible only when their is alpha Hydrogen atom is present. It ia present only in the acetophenone and not in benzaldehyde.

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