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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Determine alkene structure

1) CH3-CH2-CHO + HCHO

2)HCHO + CH3CHO + CHO-CH2-CHO

3)OHC CH2CH2CH2CHO

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16 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Aakash Anuj
16 Years ago

See in all the cases, u have to do aldol condensation. The more hindered aldehyde attacks on the less hindered one. The number of products is given by nC2 where n is the number of reactants