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n. - An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.

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  • With all this focus on polyketide/macrolide synthesis, I thought I’d highlight an interesting review in this week’s Angewandte; a genuine masterclass in the aldol...
  • In fact, our studies show that serine meets the first two criteria, and recent work24 has demonstrated that serine catalyses certain asymmetric aldol reactions with high...
  • The implementation of the aldol reaction in the active site of an enzyme has been an important challenge.
  • Ketones can be used in aldol condensation reactions, although they are less reactive than aldehydes in this regard.
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