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Is it possible for heptane-3,5-dione to undergo intramolecular aldol addition? Why or why not?
What product is formed when the given molecule reacts with a base?
A substituted cyclohexanone undergoes base-catalyzed aldol cyclization and gives the following compound. Determine the structure of the starting diketone that would cyclize to form the product.
A substituted cyclohexanone undergoes base-catalyzed aldol cyclization and gives the following compound. Propose the mechanism of the cyclization to form the product.
Show the cyclization process of nonane-2,8-dione to form a cyclooctenone and discuss why this ring closure might be disfavored.
Provide the expected product from the reaction of the molecule shown below with HO-, H2O. (Ignore stereochemistry)
Draw the expected product from the reaction of the molecule shown below with HO-, H2O. (Ignore stereochemistry)
Predict the product(s), both before and after dehydration, of the intramolecular aldol condensation reaction below. (Ignore stereochemistry.)
Determine the plausible product(s) for the intramolecular aldol condensation reaction below, showing both the products before and after dehydration. (Ignore stereochemistry.)
Show the plausible mechanism of the following Dieckmann condensation. [Ignore stereochemistry.]
Draw the plausible mechanism of the following Dieckmann condensation. [Ignore stereochemistry.]
Take the compound.
(i) Show that it can be broken down into components that could be combined via an aldol condensation.
(ii) Decide if such an aldol reaction of the starting material is plausible.
For the compound given below:
(i) Show how it can be dissected into starting reagents that could be combined via an aldol condensation.