Ans should be a). Aldol in only one direction. HCHO has no alpha hydrogen to lose. Ethanal will lose the alpha hydrogen, form the nucleophile which adds to C=O of HCHO and itself. So two products possible.
But I think we would have cannizzaro side products of HCHO ..
Reaction of HCHO and CH3—CHO in the presence of KOH solution is called
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Avik
·2010-04-07 05:14:52
Maine kya answer diya...? Yeh toh Qn mein given options the :D
Waise, toh all 4 are possible...but i wud say b),c)....But answer is only b).
Pritish Chakraborty
·2010-04-07 06:01:09
Avik
·2010-04-07 06:13:42
Yeah, thts wht i thot...since the conc. of KOH aint mentioned.
We wud get a mixture of 4 sorts of products then.