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Offline shrikantvarma

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diacetone alcohol formation
« on: July 09, 2013, 12:22:46 PM »
I am perfonrming a chemical reaction involving acetone as a solvent & KOH as reactant & obseving  a formation of diacetone alcohol with my product ,how to avoid formation or minimize diacetone alcohol formation????

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Re: diacetone alcohol formation
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2013, 12:24:50 PM »
Are you talking about an aldol condensation?
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