: a colorless beta-hydroxy aldehyde C4H8O2 used especially in organic synthesis
broadly
: any of various similar aldehydes
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Most of these reactions have never before seen in nature, and moderate to good enantioselectivities in aldol and Mannich reactions were obtained with this earthworm catalyst.
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Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2014
Heating a ginger rhizome causes gingerol to undergo a reverse aldol reaction, transforming it to zingerone, a molecule that is completely absent in fresh ginger.
—Alice Chi Phung, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2014
Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2014
Heating a ginger rhizome causes gingerol to undergo a reverse aldol reaction, transforming it to zingerone, a molecule that is completely absent in fresh ginger.
—Alice Chi Phung, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2014
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