Question

What was the major organic product obtained when propanal was heated with a catalytic amount of KOH in water

Answer 1

HMM, what the person above said.

Answer 2

Commercially, 2-methylpentenal is synthesized by the aldol condensation of propanal in the presence of liquid base like KOH or NaOH in stoichiometric amount,,. Under optimum reaction conditions, 99% conversion of propanal is achieved with 86% selectivity of 2-methylpentenal using liquid base.

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