Organic Chemistry
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Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle
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Chapter 19, Problem 7PP
Practice Problem 19.7
The acid-catalyzed aldol condensation of acetone (just shown) also producs some 2,6-dimethylhepta-2,5-dien-4-one. Give a mechanism that explains the formation of this product.
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