Propanal → HCID 3020399, compound

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In a similar manner as Example 1, this example is a cross-aldol condensation reaction (Aldol II) of propanal and 2-methyl-pentanal in a sodium hydroxide/water medium to form the 2,4-dimethyl-2-heptenal product that shows the productivity and selectivity results in a conventional system. The 2-methyl-pentanal starting material (175 mmol, 17.5 g) and nonane (internal standard) (8.7 mmol, 1.12 g) were added to a water solution of sodium hydroxide (1 M) (8.8 mmol, 0.352 g). The resulting mixture was heated to 90° C. and treated with propanal starting material (44.8 mmol, 2.6 g). After the addition, the reaction mixture was refluxed for an additional 3 hours at 90° C. The resulting solution turned a light yellow color and was further investigated using GC and GC/MS techniques. Catalyst evaluation results are presented in the bottom row of Table 2.

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