Abstract
Condensation of a carbonyl with an enolate or an enol. A simple case is addition of an enolate to an aldehyde to afford an alcohol, thus the name aldol.
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Li, J.J. (2003). Aldol condensation. In: Name Reactions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05336-2_3
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