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What is meant by the following terms? Give an example of the reaction in each case.

Aldol

Aldol:


An aldol is a β-hydroxy organic compound. It's produced by the by the condensation reaction of 2 molecules of an equivalent or one molecule every of 2 totally different aldehydes or ketones within the presence of a base.


The reaction is shown as below:



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