Organic Chemistry
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Chapter 16, Problem 16.66P
In dilute aqueous base, (R)-glyceraldehyde is converted into an equilibrium mixture of (R,S)-glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone. Propose a mechanism for this isomerization.
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