Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen

Exhaustive aldol substitution stopped early

What goes wrong

Performs only a single aldol addition on an α-carbon when excess formaldehyde allows complete substitution.

Next time

Replace every α\alpha-hydrogen with a CH2OH-\text{CH}_2\text{OH} group, then check if a crossed Cannizzaro follows.

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