When you performed the Cannizzaro reaction you were instructed not to clean your glassware with acetone to avoid forming the aldol condensation product as an impurity. What is the structure of the aldol condensation product you were trying to avoid?

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Kiersten Vance

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18 March, 01:11

When you performed the Cannizzaro reaction you were instructed not to clean your glassware with acetone to avoid forming the aldol condensation product as an impurity. What is the structure of the aldol condensation product you were trying to avoid?

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Ashlyn Fitzpatrick · Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is : aldol product with Cl's for on either benzene

Explanation: The aldol condensation reaction is [2] Benzaldehyde + Acetone Dibenzyalacetone

Aldehydes that do not have alpha hydrogen produce the Cannizzaro reaction by treatment with a strong base. In this reaction, one molecule is reduced to the corresponding alcohol and the second molecule is oxidized to carboxylic acid.