There Are Several Variations of the Aldol Reaction

question 45

Multiple Choice

There are several variations of the Aldol reaction.Which of the following types of reactants leads to only one possible product with the Aldol condensation reaction?

• A)Two different aldehydes with a-hydrogens are able to form a single aldol condensation product.
• B)Two different ketones with a-hydrogens are able to form a single aldol condensation product.
• C)Any aldehyde and ketone mixed together can react to form a single condensation product.
• D)Any pair of aldehyde or ketone reactants where one of the reactants has no a-hydrogens will lead to a single aldol product.

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Definitions:

Expected Frequencies

Predicted counts of occurrences across different categories based on a statistical model.

Chi-square Statistic

A measure used in statistics to analyze the independence of two categorical variables and assess how likely it is that any observed difference between sets occurred by chance.

Chi-square Statistic

A statistical measure used to evaluate the differences between observed and expected frequencies in one or more categories of a contingency table.