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Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Provide the missing compounds and reagents in the reaction scheme below. 

Solved • Apr 2, 2020

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Draw structures for the carbonyl electrophile and enolate nucleophile that react to give the enone below. You do not have to consider stereochemist...

Solved • May 11, 2018

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Outline an efficient synthesis of the cinnamon aroma/flavor substituent cinnamaldehyde via a route that employs aldol condensation.

Solved • Dec 21, 2017

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Which one of the following aldehydes (in excess) would react with acetaladhyde in the presence of aqueous NaOH at room temperature to give a high y...

Solved • Dec 21, 2017

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Propose a step-by-step MECHANISM to explain the reaction below. Show all intermediates, charges, and use curved arrows to indicate the flow of elec...

Solved • Jun 6, 2017

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Using any reagents turn the starting material into the indicated product. All carbon atoms must come from the starting material. Draw all molecules...

Solved • Mar 9, 2017

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Which set of reactants, in the presence of a basic catalyst, could be used to prepare this compound?

Solved • May 8, 2016

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Which of these reactants can be used to make the compound shown by an intramolecular aldol reaction?

Solved • May 8, 2016

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Compound 1 could be obtained by an aldol reaction between which two starting materials? (Don’t be concerned about how well the reaction might work....

Solved • Apr 27, 2016

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Identify the reagent(s) necessary to produce the following compound via an aldol reaction.

Solved • Apr 13, 2016

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Identify the reagent(s) necessary to produce the following compound via an aldol reaction. 

Solved • Apr 13, 2016

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Identify the starting aldehyde or ketone needed to make each of the following compounds via an aldol condensation 

Solved • Apr 13, 2016

Aldol Retrosynthesis

Q. Identify the starting aldehyde or ketone needed to make the following compound via an aldol condensation.

Solved • Apr 13, 2016